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 |
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. | 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. | (informal) 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. | (informal) 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。 |
It's down to you to check the door. 检查门是否关好是你的事。 |
It's down to you to check the door. 检查门是否关好是你的事。 |
She claimed her problems were down to the media. 她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。 |
She claimed her problems were down to the media. 她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。 |
I'm down to my last dollar. 我只剩下最后一块钱了。 |
I'm down to my last dollar. 我只剩下最后一块钱了。 |
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 through the years this town has seen many changes. 多年来这座城镇发生了许多变化。 |
She organized everything down to the last detail. 她每件事情都安排得滴水不漏。 |
She organized everything down to the last detail. 她每件事情都安排得滴水不漏。 |
The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’ 人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！” |
The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’ 人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！” |
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 |
to down a plane 击落一架飞机 |
1. | [u] （鸟的）绒羽，绒毛the very fine soft feathers of a bird |
duck down 鸭绒 |
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 . |
