down
adverb
uk/daʊn/us/daʊn/downadverb(LOWER POSITION)
A2
in or towards aloworlowerposition, from ahigherone:
Is thisliftgoing down?这部电梯是向下开的吗？
Don'tlookdown! You'll getdizzy.别朝下看！你会头晕的。
The sun's going down and it'll bedarksoon.太阳要落下去了，天很快就要黑了。
Thespacecapsulecame down in theocean.太空舱落入了海里。
Ibentdown tolookunder thebed.我弯下腰朝床底下看了看。
A1
movingfrom above and onto asurface:
（坐、躺、放）下Just as I wassittingdown towatchTV, thephonerang.我正准备坐下看电视的时候，电话铃响了。
Why don't youliedown on thesofafor a while?你为什么不在沙发上躺一会儿呢？
Thisboxis reallyheavy- can we put it down (on thefloor) for aminute?这个箱子确实很重——我们把它放下（搁到地板上）歇一会儿好吗?
Get down off thattableimmediately!你这个傻丫头，马上从桌子上下来！
Theterroristsforcedeverybody toliefacedown(= with thefrontpartof thebodybelow)on thefloor.恐怖分子强迫大家面朝下趴在地板上。
firmlyinplaceor intoposition:
牢固地I put theloosefloorboardback andnailedit down.我把松动的地板块放回去用钉子钉牢。
Heheldmyarmsdown by mysides.他把我的胳膊按在我身体的两侧。
- Waterdrippeddown thewall.
- Heliftedafatvolumedown from theshelf.
- Ahawkhoveredin thesky,waitingtoswoopdown onitsprey.
- Ataxidriverwounddown hiswindowand gave thecyclistamouthful.
- It's said that as theboatwent down thebandcontinuedtoplay.
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downadverb(LOWER LEVEL)
in or towards alowerlevel, asmalleramount, or asimplerstate:
（水平等）由高到低地；（数量等）由大到小地；（情况等）由复杂变简单地Therateofinflationisfinallygoing down.通货膨胀率终于下降了。
Turn the TV down - it's way tooloud!把电视机的声音关小一点——实在太吵了！
Thenursebandagedmysprainedankletokeeptheswellingdown(= tolimittheswelling).护士把我扭伤的脚踝抱起来以控制肿胀。
If youwaita fewmonths, thepricewill come down.如果你等上几个月，价格就会降下来。
The Cavaliers were 20pointsdown(=losingby 20points)athalf-time.半场结束时克里夫兰骑士队落后20分。
Thenumberofstudentsat thisschoolhasgonedownfrom500 lastyearto410.这所学校的学生人数从去年的500人降到了410人。
- Are youcomfortableor shall Iturntheheatdown?
- Could youturnyourmusicdown and show a littleconsiderationfor theneighbours!
- We need toworkhard tokeepourpricesdown.
- Theymelteddown thegoldringsandbracelets.
- Sophie has beenmoveddown agradeatschool.
Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- below
- bubkes
- certain
- could countsomethingon (the fingers of) one handidiom
- count
- mildness
- mingy
- minimal
- minimally
- modestly
- piffling
- remote
- scantly
- slenderness
- smallness
- speak
- strength
- suggestion
- thin
downadverb(DESTROY)
If youburn,cut, orknocksomething or someone down, youcauseit, him, or her tofallto theground, usuallydamaged,destroyed, orinjured:
（因破坏性力量倒、垮、塌）下Thehouseburneddown manyyearsago.许多年以前这座房子就被烧毁了。
Thesetreeswill have to becutdown to make way for the newroad.为了修建新公路，不得不将这些树砍掉。
UKShe wasknockeddown by acarandkilledinstantly.她被车撞倒后当即死亡。
- Hethreatenedtobreakthedoordown .
- Severaltreeswerebroughtdown by thestorm.
- Throwyourgundown and putyourhandsin theair.
- Ourappletreefelldown in thestorm.
- Windsgustingto 50mphbroughtdownpowercables.
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downadverb(IN WRITING)
B1
in writing or onpaper:
以书面形式；写在纸上I'll write it down now so I won'tforget.我现在要写下来以免忘了。
Do you have it downin writing/onpaper, or was it just averbalagreement?你有书面的东西吗？还是只是口头协议？
I'vegot/putyou downfor(= have written that youwant)threeticketseach.我已经记下了你们每人要3张票。
Thepoliceofficersweretakingdown thenamesofwitnesses.警官们正在记录证人的姓名。
- Irecommendwritingyourfeelingsdown onpaper.
- Heaskedme to put myobjectionsdown onpaper.
- Did you write Jo'sphonenumberdown ?
- Somehow we gotourwirescrossedbecause I'd got the 23rd down in mydiaryand Jen had the 16th.
- If there are anycallsfor me, could you write them down next to thephone?
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- re-registration
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- scribble
- tab
- unwritten
- writ
- writing
downadverb(FAR)
B1
used,especiallywithprepositions, toemphasizethat aplaceis at somedistancefrom you or fromsomewhereconsideredto becentral:
在远方，去远处I'llmeetyou downatthegymafterwork.下班后我会到俱乐部找你。
He has ahousedownbytheharbour.他在港湾那边有一座房子。
I'm going downtotheshoptobuysomemilk.我要去商店买些牛奶。
in or towards thesouth:
在南部；向南方It's muchwarmerdown (in the)south.南方要暖和许多。
Myparentslivedown in Florida, but they come up to Chicago everysummer.我父母住在南方的佛罗里达，但他们每年夏天都要来芝加哥。
We'removingdown to London.我们要南下搬到伦敦去了。
- I took my two-yearoldnephewdown to thebeachwith hisbucketandspade.
- I wasscaredwitlessthe lasttimeTinadroveme down to London.
- Wedrovedown to thewindsweptAtlanticcoastof Portugal.
- He went down to the bookmaker's in Chesterton Road toplaceabeton therace.
- Afterbookingintoourhotel, we wentstraightdown to thebeach.
Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhereidiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earthidiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could seeidiom
- eye
- far
- farthest
- further
- furthermost
- light years awayidiom
- lonely
- middle
- remotely
- remoteness
- ultra
- ultra-distant
- virtually
- wide
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Down and downward
downadverb(OLDER TO YOUNGER)
from anolderpersonto ayoungerone:
传下去（地），传给下一代（地）Thenecklacehas beenpassed/handeddown through sevengenerations.这条项链已经传了7代人了。
Thesemythshave come down to us fromprehistorictimes.这些神话从史前一直流传至今。
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downadverb(EATING)
insideyourstomach:
進肚子里UKYou'llfeelbetteronceyou've got somehotsoupdown you.喝点热汤你就会感觉舒服一些。
He's gettingweakbecause he can'tkeepanything down.什么食物他吃了就吐，因此他的身体变得越来越虚弱了。
The digestive system
- bowel
- chyme
- coeliac
- colonic
- colorectal
- defecation
- digestive system
- gastrointestinal
- gullet
- innards
- intestine
- mechanical digestion
- ng
- oesophageal
- oesophagus
- omental
- omentum
- tummy
- ureter
- urogenital
downadverb(MONEY)
at thetimeofbuying:
购买时I gave him $1,000 down, andpaidtherestininstalments.我付给他1000英镑，其余货款分期支付。
Paying money
- advance
- ante up (something)
- balance
- burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
- chargeable
- co-finance
- compensate
- congestion charge
- cost-cutting
- cough
- lash
- pay top dollaridiom
- ransom
- settle up
- shortchange
- sink intosomething
- spender
- splash out(something)
- spring forsomething
- stump
Grammar
Down,downwardsordownward?
We use down mostly as a preposition or adverb. It means ‘in or moving to a low or lower position or level’:…Down
We use down mostly as a preposition or adverb. It means ‘in or moving to a low or lower position or level’:…Downwards,downward
Downwards is an adverb. It means ‘movement towards a lower position’:…Idioms
be down onsomeone
be down tosomeone
come/go down in the world
downsomeone'sway
down under
(right) down to
down with...!
one, two, etc. down, one, two etc. to go.
down
preposition
uk/daʊn/us/daʊn/downpreposition(LOWER POSITION)
A2
in or towards aloworlowerposition, from ahigherone:
在下面；向下，朝下Isliddown thehill.我顺着山坡滑了下来。
Aikikofelldown somestairsandbrokeherwrist.爱子在楼梯上滑了一跤，腕部骨折了。
- Heironedacreasedown thefrontof eachtrouserleg.
- Samonlylivesa fewdoorsdown from us.
- I can't go down thatstreet- there's a 'Noentry'sign.
- Sheranexcitedlydown thehalltogreethercousins.
- Shejumpedon hermotorbikeandracedoff down theroad.
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downpreposition(ALONG)
A2
along:
沿着，顺Wedrovedown thehighwayasfaras Atlanta.我们沿着高速公路一直开到了亚特兰大。
Herofficeis down thecorridoron theright.她的办公室在走廊那头的右侧。
Theysailedtheboatdown theriver(= towards thesea).他们沿着这条河驾船驶向大海。
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downpreposition(TO)
UKnot standard
to:
到，向，朝I went down thepubwith mymates.我和同伴去了酒吧。
Compare
uppreposition(TO)UKnot standard
- He's gone down theshopto get somemilk.
- Are you coming down thepubfor abevvy?
- Can younipdown theshopfor me?
- A few of us went down thepubafterwork.
- I won't belong- I'm just going down thechemisttocollectaprescription.
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
Grammar
Down,downwardsordownward?
We use down mostly as a preposition or adverb. It means ‘in or moving to a low or lower position or level’:…Down
We use down mostly as a preposition or adverb. It means ‘in or moving to a low or lower position or level’:…Downwards,downward
Downwards is an adverb. It means ‘movement towards a lower position’:…Idioms
down the drain
down the toilet
down the road/line/track
down
verb[T]
uk/daʊn/us/daʊn/downverb[T](LOWER POSITION)
tocausesomething or someone tofallto theground:
使跌倒，使倒下；使掉下We downed threeenemyplaneswithourmissiles.我们用导弹击落了3架敌机。
Theicestormhas downedtreesandpowerlinesall over theregion.冰暴在整个地区击倒树木，刮落电线。
Down and downward
- declivity
- downhill
- downstairs
- downstream
- downward
- downwards
- fallen
- over
- sunken
- up
downverb[T](EAT)
toeatordrinksomethingquickly:
一口气吃下；一口气喝下He'd downed fourbeersbefore I'dfinishedone.我一杯啤酒还没喝完，他就已经一口气喝下四杯了。
Drinking
- consume
- drink
- drink(something)up
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking fountain
- drinking water
- drunk
- mainline
- non-consuming
- non-consumption
- overindulge
- overindulgence
- overindulgent
- quench
- sip
- skol
- slurp
- sup
- swig
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Eating
downverb[T](DEFEAT)
US
todefeatsomeone,especiallyinsport:
（尤指在比赛中）打败，击败，战胜TheYankeesdowned theRedSox 7–0.扬基队以7-0的比分打败了红袜队。
Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- aet
- against the run of playidiom
- bag
- blowsomeoneaway
- close-run
- co-holder
- concede
- equalizer
- golden goal
- pull
- pull back
- reelsomethingoff
- relegation zone
- run away withsomeone
- score
- scorecard
- straight
- strike
- treble
- walk itidiom
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Winning and defeating
Idiom
down tools
down
adjective
uk/daʊn/us/daʊn/downadjective(UNHAPPY)
B2
unhappy;unabletofeelexcitedorenergeticabout anything:
不高兴的；情绪低落的，提不起精神的She's been really down since herhusbandleft.自从丈夫去世后她一直抑郁寡欢。
I've been(feeling) a littlebitdown thisweek.这周我有点情绪低落。
Synonyms
blue(SAD)informal
dejected
depressed
despondent
dispirited
doleful
dolorousliterary
downcast
downhearted
(down) in thedumps
gloomy
gluminformal
low
low-spirited
melancholy
miserable(UNHAPPY)
mournful
plaintive
sad(NOT HAPPY)
sorrowfulliterary
the doldrumsinformal
unhappy
feeling sad
- sadShe's been sad ever since her cat died.
- unhappyShe'd had a very unhappy childhood.
- miserableI just woke up feeling miserable.
- upsetThey'd had an argument and he was still upset about it.
- broken-heartedShe was broken-hearted when her partner left.
- She's been abitdown since shefoundout she's got to take herexamsagain.
- Heseemedabitdown about hisworksituation.
- He's beenfeelingabitdowneversince he got hisexamresults.
- He's been really downeversince he gotdivorced.
- I couldtellthat you werefeelingabitdown.
Feeling sad and unhappy
- a dog's lifeidiom
- a long faceidiom
- angsty
- be cut upidiom
- be down in the mouthidiom
- be in a funkidiom
- be in bitsidiom
- distraught
- distressed
- dog
- doleful
- lovelorn
- lovesick
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- wistful
- wistfully
- woe
- woe is meidiom
- woebegone
downadjective(NOT IN OPERATION)
C1[after verb]
(of asystemormachine,especiallyacomputer) not inoperationor notworking, usually only for alimitedperiodoftime:
（尤指计算机等机器或系统）停止运转Thenetworkwill be down for anhourforroutinemaintenance.网络将停止运行1小时以进行日常维护。
Thewholesystem'sgonedown.整个系统都停止运行了。
See also
downtime
- Itriedtoupdatemydetailsonlinebut thesystemwas down.
- Ourwebsitewas down allmorningdueto apowerfailure.
- The bank'snetworkwas down so they wereunabletoapproveourloanthatday.
- The firm'slosingmoneyfor everyminutetheirwebsiteis down.
- Thenetworkwas down so we wereunableto do anyworkallmorning.
Computer concepts
- 3-D printing
- adaptive learning
- additive manufacturing
- addy
- aeroplane mode
- backup
- bulletin board
- capture
- configuration
- importation
- information age
- information security
- information superhighway
- infosec
- scan
- transcode
- transcoding
- Trojan horse
- tuple
- Turing Machine
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Machines - not functioning
downadjective(ON THE GROUND)
in Americanfootball, aplayeris down when he isbroughtto thegroundby anopponentwhileholdingtheball, before havingreachedthegoal:
Therefereeruledthat therunningback was down at the 44-yardline.
Thereplayshowedthat theplayerwas never down, so theplayshould havecontinued.
American football
- attempt
- blitz
- blocker
- blocking
- carry
- carry the ballidiom
- drop
- fullback
- huddle
- linebacker
- nonconference
- offence
- outgain
- outkick
- place-kick
- rush
- scrimmage
- split end
- Super Bowl
- touchdown
Idiom
kick/hitsomeonewhenhe/she isdown
down
noun
uk/daʊn/us/daʊn/downnoun(FEATHERS)
[U]
smallsoftfeathers,especiallythose from ayoungbird:
羽绒goose/duckdown鹅／鸭绒
a downjacket/pillow/sleepingbag(= ajacket/pillow/sleepingbagfilledwith down)羽绒上衣／枕头／睡袋
[SorU]
verysoftthinhair
绒毛The skin, hair & bone of non-human animals
- astrakhan
- baleen
- bristly
- bushy
- coated
- dander
- eiderdown
- fleece
- fur
- furry
- hackles
- horsehair
- lambswool
- mane
- mother-of-pearl
- sable
- seashell
- sheepskin
- spine
- wishbone
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downnoun(AMERICAN FOOTBALL)
[C]
in Americanfootball, one of fourchancesthat ateamis given toadvancetheballtenyardstowards thegoal:
Theyneededtogainthree moreyardsto get a first down.
On fourth down, thecoachhad todecidewhether topunt,attemptafieldgoal, ortryfor atouchdown.
See also
first down
American football
- attempt
- blitz
- blocker
- blocking
- carry
- carry the ballidiom
- drop
- fullback
- huddle
- linebacker
- nonconference
- offence
- outgain
- outkick
- place-kick
- rush
- scrimmage
- split end
- Super Bowl
- touchdown
downnoun(DISLIKE)
have a down onsomeoneUKinformal
todislikesomeone, oftenunfairly:
不喜欢…，对…有偏见Why do you have a down on him? Ithinkheseemsreallynice.你为什么不喜欢他？我觉得他非常不错。