down

關於down的翻譯

<<副詞>>向下,向南,在下在……下,沿著 <<動詞>>下降,放下,打倒,砍倒 <<動詞>>潦倒

down definition

1. soft fine feathers
2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
• examples: you have four downs to gain ten yards
3. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
5. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
6. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
7. shoot at and force to come down
• examples: the enemy landed several of our aircraft
8. cause to come or go down
• examples: The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
• examples: The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
9. being or moving lower in position or less in some value
• examples: lay face down
• examples: the moon is down
• examples: our team is down by a run
• examples: down by a pawn
• examples: the stock market is down today
10. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
• examples: the down staircase
• examples: the downward course of the stream
11. becoming progressively lower
• examples: the down trend in the real estate market
12. being put out by a strikeout
• examples: two down in the bottom of the ninth
13. understood perfectly
• examples: had his algebra problems down
14. shut
• examples: the shades were down
15. not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
• examples: we can't work because the computer is down
16. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
• examples: don't fall down
• examples: rode the lift up and skied down
• examples: prices plunged downward
17. away from a more central or a more northerly place
• examples: was sent down to work at the regional office
• examples: worked down on the farm
• examples: came down for the wedding
• examples: flew down to Florida
18. paid in cash at time of purchase
• examples: put ten dollars down on the necklace
19. from an earlier time
• examples: the story was passed down from father to son
20. to a lower intensity
• examples: he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
21. in an inactive or inoperative state
• examples: the factory went down during the strike
• examples: the computer went down again