down
美 [daʊn] 
英 [daʊn]
- adv.下降；向下；下跌；降低
- prep.沿着；顺着；往下；朝着
- adj.沮丧；停机；情绪低落；悲哀
- n.绒毛；软毛；汗毛
- v.击倒；咽下；使倒下
- 网络羽绒；下来；羽绒服
词形变化
复数：downs 现在分词：downing 过去式：downed 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 向下；朝下；在下面to or at a lower place or position |
| 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. 她俯身去捡手套。 |
| 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. | （坐、倒、躺）下from a standing or vertical position to a sitting or horizontal one |
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| He had to go and lie down for a while. 他不得不去躺一会儿。 |
3. | 在较低水平；下降；下跌at a lower level or rate |
| 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。 |
4. | （数量、力量、活动等）减少，减弱，降低used to show that the amount or strength of sth is lower, or that there is less activity |
| Turn the music down! 把音乐声关小点！ |
| The class settled down and she began the lesson. 全班安静下来她便开始上课了。 |
5. | 由上至下reading from top to bottom, not from side to side |
| I can't do 3 down. 我填不出第 3 个竖行。 |
6. | 向南方；在南方to or in the south of a country |
| 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. | （写）在纸上；（列）在表格上on paper; on a list |
| 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. | （表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至used to show the limits in a range or an order |
| Everyone will be there, from the Principal down. 从校长下至每个人都将到场。 |
9. | 失去（钱数）having lost the amount of money mentioned |
| At the end of the day we were £20 down. 一天下来我们少了 20 英镑。 |
10. | （钱）先付，预付if you pay an amount of moneydown , you pay that to start with, and the rest later |
11. |
已完成数量（或进度）used to say how far you have got in a list of things you have to do |
| 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. |
到，去，在（当地的商店、酒馆等地方）to or at a local place such as a shop/store, pub, etc. |
| 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。 |
1. | （从高处）向下，往下from a high or higher point on sth to a lower one |
| 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. | 沿着；顺着；朝着along; towards the direction in which you are facing |
| 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. | 贯穿…时间；遍及…时期all through a period of time |
| an exhibition of costumes down the ages(= from all periods of history) 历代服装展览 |
1. | ~ sth （一下子）喝下，吃下，咽下to finish a drink or eat sth quickly |
| We downed our coffees and left. 我们一口气喝完咖啡就离开了。 |
2. | ~ sb/sth 使倒下；击倒to force sb/sth down to the ground |
1. |
悲哀；沮丧；情绪低落sad or depressed |
| I feel a bit down today. 我今天有点闷闷不乐。 |
| The system was down all morning. 这系统整个上午都停机。 |
1. | [u] （鸟的）绒羽，绒毛the very fine soft feathers of a bird |
2. | [u] 绒毛；软毛；汗毛fine soft hair |
3. | [c] 档（进攻方每轮进攻共有 4 次机会向前累计推进 10 码，每次称 1 档。如果推进 10 码成功，则进攻方继续获得进攻机会；丢球或未能推进 10 码，则攻守互易）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 . |
习惯用语
be down to sb
是某人的责任；由某人负责to be the responsibility of sb
| 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
由…引起（或造成）to be caused by a particular person or thing
| 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
只剩下（一点儿钱）to have only a little money left
| I'm down to my last dollar. 我只剩下最后一块钱了。 |
be/go down with sth
患…病；得…病to have or catch an illness
down through sth
在（相当长的一段）时间内during a long period of time
| 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
非常详尽地including every small part or detail of sth
| She organized everything down to the last detail. 她每件事情都安排得滴水不漏。 |
down under
到，向，在（澳大利亚和╱或新西兰）to or in Australia and/or New Zealand
down with sb/sth
打倒used to say that you are opposed to sth, or to a person
| The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’ 人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！” |
down tools
撂下工作；罢工to stop work; to go on strike
have a down on sb/sth
对…评价不好；瞧不起；厌恶to have a bad opinion of a person or thing
英汉解释
adv. | 2. 出(城),下(乡);(从首都)往内地;(从上游)至下游;(由北)往南;离开(大学);(从内陆)到海边;(列车等)下行;〈美〉(从西部)向东 3. (势头,程度等)减退,低落;(潮)退;(煮)干;(磨)碎;(价格)下降,(声音)由响到弱;(体积)由大到小;(数量)由多到少 8. (查究,追问)到底;(时间,顺序,地位等的)直到 10. 记[抄]到纸[账,文件等]上;约定,列入(计划) |
prep. | 2. (由郊区)进市区,(由住宅区)到商业区;在市区,在商业区 |
adj. | 7. 做完的,考虑好的;【赛马】下了赌注的;【体】(比对方)得分低 |
v. | |
n. | 1. 下位,下行;倒霉,潦倒,落魄,失意;下降,衰落 2. (装被,褥等用的)鸭绒,绒毛;(鸟的)绒羽;柔毛 |
英英解释
例句
Mr Dahal, who also goes by his nom de guerre Prachanda, or "the fierce one" , said he was stepping down to "save the peace process" .
化名普拉昌达（意为凶猛的人）的达哈尔表示，他以下台“挽救和平进程”。
Future was like the sky behind a thin layer of dark clouds, with a few rays of golden sunbeam pouring down from behind.
未来就像那层淡淡的乌云背后的天空，有金色的阳光透过缝隙照过来。
Tourists were surprised to see a woman driving a huge orange tractor down one of Rome's main avenues .
游客们惊异地发现一位女性驾驶着一辆大型橙色的拖拉机驶向罗马城的一条主街。
The proposal plan is like any other plan and has a set of high-level activities that are broken down into a set of tasks.
提案计划和其他计划一样，都含有一组高级别的活动，这些活动又被拆分为若干任务。
He had lived it, every minute of it, and he was willing to let me get it all down on paper.
他经历了这些事情的每个细节，也让我把这一切都写在纸上。
Once she had opened the door, she saw John squatting down, head in hands, crying, as she had expected.
她伸出手打开了门，看见约翰蹲在地上双手抱住头痛哭着。
The advantage of picking 1910 was that America had not yet settled down, demographically speaking.
选择1910年做调查是因为，人口统计说明，那时美国还没有安定下来。
The dark coagulated blood. The sky before the heavy rain pours down. The pale dazzling sunshine is squeeze out by dark clouds.
凝结了的发乌的鲜血，大雨倾盆前的天空，惨白晃眼的阳光被墨色云团挤压出来。
Mrs. Zuckerman stood ready to head him off if he started for the garden, and now Mr. Zuckerman was coming down toward him carrying a pail.
扎克门太太早已摆好阻止他的架势——如果他想往菜园跑，现在扎克门先生拎着一个桶向他走过来。
I am sorry I did not prepare a gift for you, I can only give you my feelings that has been written down on this paper.
很抱歉我没有为你准备礼物，我只能给你我送给你这写在纸上的心情。
Now, a year down the track, Project i is in full swing and is already spawning its first products.
现在，一年下来赛道，项目一全面展开，并已产卵其第一批产品。
He breaks down in tears. "Up to 500 have been killed, " he says, including his parents, wife, and two children.
他泪流满面。“最多有500人死亡，”他说，包括他的父母、妻子和两个孩子。
When he had entered the brotherhood he had felt like a man who confidently puts his foot down on the smooth surface of a bog.
当他着手参与共济会的活动的时候，他怀着那样一种感觉，就像某人信赖地把一只脚踩在泥沼地的平坦的表面似的。
Natasha lay down, but when Princess Marya, having let down the blinds, was about to leave the room, Natasha called her to her.
娜塔莎躺着，但是当玛丽亚公爵小姐放下窗帘要出去时，娜塔莎把她叫到身边。
The report said China expected to see 124 million inbound trips this year, down five percent from a year earlier.
报告称，今年中国的入境游数量将达到1.24亿次，同比减少了5%。
He is saddened to see two marines who led the force at the front lines since Roger's age stepping down.
他痛心地看到两个谁率领海军陆战队从罗杰的时代下台前线的部队。
Learn how wonderful you are, and remove the need to hurt others. Others do not have to be put down for you to feel great.
你需要知道自己有多棒，而完全用不着去伤害别人，不用为了让自己感觉好些而去贬低别人。
My intention is to get out into the operations and go down the mines, and hear from the management teams around the world.
我打算亲自去了解业务，下矿井，听取全球各地管理团队的意见。
Drilling down into charts and summary tables straight from the Viewer is possible without a report designer or IT support .
无需安装报表设计器或IT人员提供支持，您可以直接从此查看器向下钻取到图表和摘要表。
The White House is starting to confront the "hard choices" that come from trying to pare down America's commitments overseas.
白宫开始面对放弃美国在海外的承诺的“艰难抉择”。
When Bertha was alone in her room she threw herself down on her bed and burst into tears.
当伯莎独自呆在房间里时，她扑倒在床上，突然大哭起来。
The affectionate man alights from the rumble, opens the door, and lets down the steps, obedient to an impatient motion of my lady's hand.
那个忠实的男佣人看到夫人那个不耐烦的手势，便从随从座位上跳下来，打开车门，放下踏板。
Having bounced in and out of the room, Margaret finally came and knelt down on the floor beside him to see what he was doing.
玛格丽特一直踱来踱去，象热锅上的蚂蚁。后来，她走到屋里蹲在地的旁边，看他在做什么。
It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.
它在前一年夏天就坏了。虽然我曾答应修理，但却总是抽不出时间来摆弄它。
Before taking him down to Maryland we are inviting a few friends to meet him here-only a little dinner-with a reception afterwards.
带他去马里兰之前，我们想请一些朋友到此和他见见面--吃一顿便饭吧--然后，举行一个欢迎会。
Mr. Xia seemed to understand, for he sat down again, put up his hand to his brow.
夏先生的心头似乎还清楚，他重新坐下，把一只手按在额角上。
With this view they sat down in the road under three trees.
他们怀着这个目的，坐在路中间的三颗大树下。
The lawyer laid down the dead man in his blood upon the road, and got to his own feet with a kind of stagger.
律师把死人放在地上，让他躺在血泊里，自己才摇摇晃晃地站起来。
She raised her hand to her chin, cast her gaze down, and seemed to think as she waited.
她抬起手来托着下巴颏，凝眸俯视，似乎一边在等待，一边在思索。
They were about to be down on her when she came into the office.
他们正要埋怨她时她进入办公室。
He took his compass, the film from the camera, all his other possessions would go down with the boat.
他拿起罗盘，从相机里取出胶卷，其它一切物品都将随船沉入河底。
We expressed our acknowledgements and sat down behind the door where there was a lame invalid of a sofa.
我们表示了谢意，随后就在门后一张瘸了腿的破沙发上坐下。
Very quickly Jack stepped to the side of the road, lay down in the ditch, and began to look very intently up into the sky.
杰克很快走到路边儿，躺在沟里，聚精会神地朝天上看。
She ate like a horse until the last plate was clean, and then she placed her silverware down with an air of conclusion.
她象匹马似的吃着，直到把最后一只盘子里的东西吃了个精光，这才摆出一副完事大吉的样子放下手中的银质餐具。
The mother is jumping her baby up and down on her knees.
那位母亲正把她的小孩放在膝上上下颠动着。
I had been so worried and restless running up and down that I had not had the patience to dress that day.
那天我提心吊胆，跑上跑下，连穿衣的心思也没有了。
So Joanna sat down beside the well and took the head gently in her lap, and she thought that a look of gratitude came over the face.
乔安娜在井边坐下来，把那个头轻放在膝上，发觉到有种感激的表情掠过它的脸。
He hitched one end of a rope around the drain pipe and the other one around his waist, then climbed down the building.
他把绳子的一头拴在下水管上，另一头拴在他的腰上，借助绳子爬下了楼。
He threw his entire attention upon his work, now, as if determined not to be put down by the mirth.
于是他集中全副精力来干这桩事情，似乎是下了决心，不因大家的嬉笑而泄气。
A small man of about thirty, with green eyes and a tangle of fair hair, stood looking down at me.
我面前站着一个三十岁上下的矮小的汉子，碧绿的眼睛，一头乱七八糟的淡黄头发，他正低头望着我。
When he started telling everybody about the time I fell down in the middle of the love scene in the school play, I could have died.
当他告诉大家说，我在学校里演出的那场爱情剧中摔了一跤时，我真窘得要命。
They went down to the Christmas tree, and soon the sun was creeping up to where the star had been.
我们一下楼来到圣诞树下，不久太阳就爬到那颗星星所在的位置上了。
The responsibility for her family bears down on a young woman.
家庭的责任沉重地落在一个年轻女人的肩上。
He no doubt wants to go down in history as the leader who brought peace and a better life to Russia.
他无疑想作为给俄国带来和平和较美好生活的领导人而名垂青史。
We did not recognize this means of rescuing enemy pilots who had been shot down in action.
我们不准许用这种方式救起那些在作战中被击落的敌方飞行员。
There was talk of closing down two mines. It was at this point that Gerald arrived on the scene.
人们私下议论说两矿井行将关闭。杰罗尔德就是在这当口上任的。
Maybe I can subrogate him to come down to take up the matter.
也许我可以替他不顾脸面地处理这事。
Tell the children not to bounce up and down on the bed.
告诉孩子们别在床上蹦跳。
She laid down the letter, which seemed so full of love to her, and began to contemplate her sleeping cousin with the warmest kindness.
她把这封她认为充满爱情的信放下，心满意足地端详着睡觉的堂兄弟。
If sickness had not brought him down on the journey, he probably would have succeeded in his mission.
如果不是他患病不能继续旅行，可能他的目的会达到的。
Everybody sitting in a basket, and I was on top of the balloon, ready to slide down with my skysurf board.
所有人都待在热气球的架子里，我则在热气球的顶端，准备从顶端用高空滑板上滑下。
As long as China stayed in the war, hundreds of thousands of imperial Japanese Army soldiers could be tied down on the Asian mainland.
只要中国不退出战争，几十万日本帝国陆军就会被牵制在亚洲大陆上。
But when I saw them, just like a as the spirit that did not float down the heads of white catkins also insensitive to really unpromising.
可是我见到它们的时候，像一只只“病猫”一样，一点精神也没有，头上白白的柳絮飘下来还无动于中，真没出息。
By 2008 it had cut the number of brands to 250, down from more than 870 just a year before.
到2008年，该公司把旗下单品数量从一年前的870多个砍到250个。
Nobody in Washington is ready to sit down with North Korea as if nothing had happened.
华盛顿方面还没有人已做好准备当作什么事情也没有发生一样坐下来和北韩会谈。
" Yes, you first sit down, if it was done by Cheng Yakun, he 'd call. " Han Lengyan frowned, looked out of the window, floating in the air.
“是啊，你先坐下来，如果真的是成亚坤干的，他肯定会打电话来的。”韩冷烟皱着眉头，目光看着窗外，思绪漂浮在空气中。
When that wealth turned out to be ephemeral as the paper it was made of rapidly depreciated, their financial world was turned upside down.
当纸质的财富最终像纸一样不堪一击、迅速贬值时，他们的财务世界被彻底颠覆了。
But I know this man called Madison fell down in a meeting to stand up in court once again run times.
但我知道这个叫麦迪的男人在一次次倒下又一次次站起在场上飞奔。
"You mean to tell me Kerrigan's never been down here to pick up a little food for himself? "
“你敢说克理甘就从来没有下来捞过点东西吃？”
As they sat in a buffet restaurant looking over the broad St Lawrence River, a young man sat down with them.
当他们坐在一家自助餐厅里眺望广阔的圣劳伦斯河时，一个年轻人坐在了她们身边。
Maybe you know the child's song "I have the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart, down in my heart to stay. "
也许你会唱一首儿歌「今我有快乐，快乐在我心中，永远在我心中。」
Michael found the little guy, his face down in a steam, his body gray all over, gray as ash.
迈克尔发现了那小家伙，他脸朝下泡在溪水里，全身发灰。
American writer, Margaret Mitchell, who wrote "Gone With The Wind" , was knocked down and killed by a speeding vehicle in 1949.
写了《飘》的美国作家玛格丽特米歇尔，1949被一辆飞驰而来的汽车撞倒身亡。
He went over and sat down in a vacant chair next to Christine.
他走了过去，在克里斯丁旁边的一把空椅子上坐了下来。
Looked up to me to see a perfect wave. So I move perfect, big step down!
抬起头看见完美在向我招手。于是我朝着完美，大步走去！最佳答案。
Finally the creature "lay down on his side in order to merge with a bit of light and shade on the ground" .
那只花栗鼠最后“侧躺下来以便跟地上的光和影能将其遮住些许。”
So if it's been a few days since you hit the gym, there may be a way to help slow down the damage from not exercising: some red wine.
所以，如果你上次去健身已经是很久以前的事了，那么要缓解不运动带来的伤害，这里有一个办法：喝一点红酒。
All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down.
下面的人都开始嘲笑他，皇帝要大家保持安静。
HAD Patrick Lavoie strolled down the main bazaar in Marja a year ago, locals would have greeted him with sniper fire and roadside bombs.
若是在一年前，当帕特里克•拉沃伊走在马里加（阿富汗地名）的大集市上，当地人会用狙击火力和路边炸弹招呼他。
Turn the dough out and press it down with your fist. It is now ready to roll out and cover with your toppings.
把面团反过来，用你的拳头按一按。它现在可以弹回来，并让你的指印消失。
He turned out the light, picked up his cases, and went down the stairs and out of the door into the night.
他熄了灯，提起箱子，下了楼，走出大门，消失在夜幕里。
Hunter looked down at his board and he took out an inking pen and dipped it and began to ink in his drawing.
亨特低头望着画板，他摸出一支墨水笔，蘸了一下，开始在画上上墨。
He stooped down and held his mouth open over the water. The waves broke into it as if it had been a cave.
他弯下腰，张开嘴，把嘴放在水面上。仿佛它是个山洞，海水向里涌去。
He jerked his head at the other goats below and when I wave at him he bounded down.
它向下面其它山羊伸伸脑袋，我向它一挥手，它就蹦了下来。
"No-not a morsel of it! " they replied, looking into the very midst of Laban Tall as if to meet his words halfway down his throat.
“没有--一点也没听到！”他们一边答着，一边使劲盯着拉班·塔尔，好像要把他的话从他的喉咙里掏出来似的。
Here I was doing dirty work for three men that I looked down upon, and one of whom, at least, should have hung upon a gallows.
在这儿，我在替三个我所瞧不起的人干着肮脏的杂务，而其中至少有一个是应该吊在绞刑架上的。
It had been a hard day's work and when we stopped for supper I was ready to chow down.
紧张地劳动了一天，当停下来吃晚饭时我早已准备好大吃一顿了。
His head drooped down and a few moments later he fell asleep.
他垂下头，不一会就睡着了。
They walked along the water's edge to a quiet spot and sat down on a low stone wall.
他们沿着湖边走到一个僻静的地方，在一堵低矮的石墙上坐下来。
Joanna bent to look down, and as she did so a head rose from the water and spoke to her.
乔安娜弯腰往下瞧，这时一个脑袋冒出水面，并且对她讲话。
