- The adverb down means "from a higher place to a lower one," like when a person climbs down a ladder or a waiter puts a tray full of cakes down on a table.
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- adv. 向下，下去
- adj. 向下的
- vi. 下降；下去
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1. A spider is going down
一只蜘蛛正在下来。
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2. She jumped down off the chair.
她跳下椅子。
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3. Please sit down.
请坐。
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4. Prices have gone down recently.
最近物价下降了。
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5. Turn the music down!
把音乐声关小点！
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6. They flew down to Texas.
他们乘飞机南下去得克萨斯州了。
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7. Did you get that down?
你写下来了吗？
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8. I always write everything down.
我不管什么事情都记下来。
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9. I'm just going down to the post office.
我正要到邮局去。
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10. Tears ran down her face.
泪水顺着她的脸庞流下来。
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11. to down a plane
击落一架飞机
- down (adv.) late Old English shortened form of Old English ofdune "downwards," from dune "from the hill," dative of dun "hill" (see down (n.2)). A sense development peculiar to English.
- down (n.1) "soft feathers," late 14c., from Old Norse dunn, of uncertain origin.
- down (n.2) Old English dun "down, moor; height, hill, mountain," from Proto-Germanic *dunaz- (source also of Middle Dutch dunen "sandy hill," Dutch duin), "probably a pre-insular loan-word from Celtic" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names], in other words, borrowed at a very early period, before the Anglo-Saxon migration, from PIE root *dheue- "to close, finish, come full circle." Meaning "elevated rolling grassland" is from c. 1300.
- down (v.) 1560s, from down (adv.). Meaning "swallow hastily" is by 1860; football sense of "bring down (an opposing player) by tackling" is attested by 1887. Related: Downed; downing.
down ★ / daʊn ; NAmE daʊn / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun adverb ★ HELP For the special uses of downin phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example climb downis in the phrasal verb section at climb. *down 在短语动词中的特殊用法见有关动词词条。如 climb down 在词条 climb 的短语动词部份。 1 ★ to or at a lower place or position 向下；朝下；在下面 ◆ She jumped down off the chair. 她跳下椅子。 ◆ He looked down at her. 他低头看着她。 ◆ We watched as the sun went down. 我们看着夕阳西沉。 ◆ She bent down to pick up her glove. 她俯身捡起了手套。 ◆ Mary's not down yet (= she is still upstairs). 玛丽还没下楼呢。 ◆ The baby can't keep any food down (= in her body). 这婴儿吃什么吐什么。 2 ★ from a standing or vertical position to a sitting or horizontal one （坐、倒、躺）下 ◆ Please sit down. 请坐。 ◆ He had to go and lie down for a while. 他不得不去躺一会儿。 3 ★ at a lower level or rate 在较低水平；下降；下跌 ◆ Prices have gone down recently. 最近物价下降了。 ◆ We're already two goals down (= the other team has two goals more). 我们已落后对方两球。 ☞language bank at fall 4 ★ used to show that the amount or strength of sth is lower, or that there is less activity （数量、力量、活动等）减少，减弱，降低 ◆ Turn the music down! 把音乐声关小点！ ◆ The class settled down and she began the lesson. 课堂安静下来她便开始上课了。 5 (in a crossword 纵横填字游戏 ) reading from top to bottom, not from side to side 由上至下 ◆ I can't do 3 down. 我填不出第 3 个竖行。 6 ★ to or in the south of a country 向南方；在南方 ◆ They flew down to Texas. 他们乘飞机南下去得克萨斯州了。 ◆ Houses are more expensive down south. 南边的房屋价格要贵些。 7 ★ on paper; on a list （写）在纸上；（列）在表格上 ◆ Did you get that down? 你写下来了吗？ ◆ I always write everything down. 我不管什么事情都记下来。 ◆ Have you got me down for the trip? 你把我列入这次旅行的名单了吗？ 8 used to show the limits in a range or an order （表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至 ◆ Everyone will be there, from the Principal down. 从校长下至每个人都将到场。 9 having lost the amount of money mentioned 失去（钱数） ◆ At the end of the day we were £20 down. 一天下来我们少了 20 英镑。 10 if you pay an amount of money down,you pay that to start with, and the rest later （钱）先付，预付 11 ( informal) used to say how far you have got in a list of things you have to do 已完成数量（或进度） ◆ Well, I've seen six apartments so far. That's six down and four to go! 好啦，到目前为止我已看了六套公寓房。看完六套还有四套要去看呢！ 12 ( informal) to or at a local place such as a shop/store, pub, etc. 到，去，在（当地的商店、酒馆等地方） ◆ I'm just going down to the post office. 我正要到邮局去。 ◆ I saw him down at the shops. 我刚才看到他在那边的商店里。 HELP In informal British English, toand atare often left out after downin this sense. 在非正式的英式英语中，down 作此义时后面的 to 和 at 经常省略 ◆ He's gone down the shops. IDIOMS be down to sb ( informal) to be the responsibility of sb 是某人的责任；由某人负责 ◆ It's down to you to check the door. 检查门是否关好是你的事。 be down to sb/sth to be caused by a particular person or thing 由…引起（或造成） ◆ She claimed her problems were down to the media. 她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。 be down to sth to have only a little money left 只剩下（一点儿钱） ◆ I'm down to my last dollar. 我只剩下最后一块钱了。 be/go down with sth to have or catch an illness 患…病；得…病 down through sth ( formal) during a long period of time 在（相当长的一段）时间内 ◆ Down through the years this town has seen many changes. 多年来这座城镇发生了许多变化。 down to the last, smallest, final, etc. sth including every small part or detail of sth 非常详尽地 ◆ She organized everything down to the last detail. 她每件事情都安排得滴水不漏。 down ˈunder ( informal) to or in Australia and/or New Zealand 到，向，在（澳大利亚和╱或新西兰） down with sb/sth used to say that you are opposed to sth, or to a person 打倒 ◆ The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’ 人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！” ☞more at man n. preposition ★ 1 ★ from a high or higher point on sth to a lower one （从高处）向下，往下 ◆ The stone rolled down the hill. 石头滚下山坡。 ◆ Tears ran down her face. 泪水顺着她的脸庞流下来。 ◆ Her hair hung down her back to her waist. 她的长发披在背上直垂腰际。 2 ★ along; towards the direction in which you are facing 沿着；顺着；朝着 ◆ He lives just down the street. 他就住在街那头。 ◆ Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights. 沿着这条路一直走到红绿灯处。 ◆ There's a bridge a mile down the river from here. 从这里沿河而下一英里处有座桥。 3 all through a period of time 贯穿…时间；遍及…时期 ◆ an exhibition of costumes down the ages (= from all periods of history) 历代服装展览 verb ( informal) 1 downsth to finish a drink or eat sth quickly （一下子）喝下，吃下，咽下 ◆ We downed our coffees and left. 我们一口气喝完咖啡就离开了。 2 downsb/sth to force sb/sth down to the ground 使倒下；击倒 ◆ to down a plane 击落一架飞机 IDIOM ˌdown ˈtools ( BrE) (of workers 工人 ) to stop work; to go on strike 撂下工作；罢工 adjective [not before noun ] 1 ( informal) sad or depressed 悲哀；沮丧；情绪低落 ◆ I feel a bit down today. 我今天有点闷闷不乐。 2 (of a computer or computer system 计算机或计算机系统 ) not working 停机；停止运行 ◆ The system was down all morning. 这系统整个上午都停机。 ☞see also downtime (1 ) IDIOMsee hit v. , kick v. , luck n. , mouth n. noun ☞see also downs 1 [uncountable ] the very fine soft feathers of a bird （鸟的）绒羽，绒毛 ◆ duck down 鸭绒 2 [uncountable ] fine soft hair 绒毛；软毛；汗毛 ☞see also downy 3 [countable ] (in American football 美式足球 ) one of a series of four chances to carry the ball forward ten yards that a team is allowed. These series continue until the team loses the ball or fails to go forward ten yards in four downs. 进攻分段，10 码进攻（球队可向前推进 10 码持球进攻的四次机会。球队在连续四次进攻中失球或未能推进 10 码即不能继续） IDIOM have a ˈdown on sb/sth ( BrE) ( informal) to have a bad opinion of a person or thing 对…评价不好；瞧不起；厌恶 ☞more at up n. down / daʊn ; NAmE daʊn /
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