descended
past simple and past participle ofdescend
| 单词 | descended |
| 释义 | descended past simple and past participle ofdescend descend verb uk/dɪˈsend/us/dɪˈsend/descendverb(POSITION)B2[IorT]formal to go or come down: Thepathdescendedsteeplyinto thevalley. Janedescended thestairs. [I]literary Ifdarknessornightdescends, itbecomesdarkanddaychangestonight.
Moving downwards
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enclosing, surrounding and immersing descendverb(NEGATIVE MOOD)[I]literary If anegativeorbadfeelingdescends, it isfelteverywherein aplaceor by everyone at the sametime: Afeelingofdespairdescended (onus) as werealizedthat we werelost. [I]literary If acondition, usually anegativecondition, descends, itquicklydevelopsin everypartof aplace: Silence descendedontheroom/overthecountryside. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Phrasal verbsdescend fromsomething descend intosomething descend on/uponsomeone/something descend tosomething Examplesofdescendeddescended In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Its work had thus hardly begun when the citydescendedinto violence. From theCambridge English Corpus She sang and little by littledescendedto the stage, where she immediately disappeared. From theCambridge English Corpus The two havedescendedinto the dungeon and are in the process of digging the prisoner's grave. From theCambridge English Corpus In the meantime, their aircraft hasdescendedthrough 7,500 feet. From theCambridge English Corpus Areas informs me that the king has justdescendedto the sombre shores. From theCambridge English Corpus The sun was shining brilliantly when all of a sudden darknessdescendedover the place. From theCambridge English Corpus When they judged the crowd sufficiently warmed up, theydescendedand tried to lead rushes on the meeting venue. From theCambridge English Corpus Onedescendedto the ground once but immediately climbed another plant. From theCambridge English Corpus This is the underworld into which the magical director haddescendedin the prologue. From theCambridge English Corpus They climbed mountains,descendedrivers and looked out over vast interior plains. From theCambridge English Corpus Their possession of the bundles would have identified them as lineage heads, those most directlydescendedfrom the divine ancestors. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, thedescendedcovering space is unique (up to isomorphism). From theCambridge English Corpus Are theydescendedfrom small, isolated populations or are they part of one continentally distributed population? From theCambridge English Corpus He discredited the then new theory that human beings haddescendedfrom apes because the proofs presented were purely anatomical. From theCambridge English Corpus And from thosedescendedall which is now living. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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