单词 | downhill |
释义 | downhill (daʊnhɪl ) 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] If something or someone is moving downhill or is downhill, they are moving down a slope or are located towards the bottom of a hill. He headed downhill towards the river. The lake itself lies only a few hundred yards off to your right and slightly downhill. It was a clearing just downhill from a peak of eight thousand feet. Downhill is also an adjective. Bessie was on the downhill path. ...downhill ski runs. We began a steady downhill run. 2. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If you say that something is going downhill, you mean that it is becoming worse or less successful. Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill. For the movie business, it was all downhill from there. His career was heading downhill fast. 3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that a task or situation is downhill after a particular stage or time, you mean that it is easy to deal with after that stage or time. Well, I guess it's all downhill from here. Collocations: downhill course Can she cope with the world's toughest downhill course? Times, Sunday Times Bikes can be rented for 22 a day; or take a half-day cross-country or downhill course for 44, including bike, protective equipment and lift pass. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, slopestyle skiing and snowboarding — both new this year — involve daredevils combining tricks over a downhill course scattered with rails and jumps. The Sun He argued that the accident might have been prevented by stricter management of the downhill course, which had a hundred racers on it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was better than the world record, but the time was assisted by the downhill course. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Instead, the rider adopts as aerodynamic a position as possible, gets his head low and tucks arms in tight, much like a downhill skier. Times, Sunday Times His background as a giant slalom downhill skier was useful for the film. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During her high school years she was an accomplished downhill skier. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's bad news for snowboarders and downhill skiers, and potentially earth-shattering for cross-country skiers, whose activities tend to take place below this altitude. Times, Sunday Times Scientists now believe trapped carbon dioxide gas undermines sand and causes it to flow downhill, creating the formations. The Sun Water will flow downhill and sunlight will create warmth because of principles that apply broadly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Jointly enforced, these properties ensure that information can not flow downhill to a repository whence insufficiently trustworthy recipients may discover it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A pyroclastic flow can interact with a body of water to form a large amount of mud, which can then continue to flow downhill as a lahar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At 9:15 a.m. more than 150,000 cubic metres of water-saturated debris broke away and flowed downhill at high speed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After he left the vehicle, it started to roll downhill. The Sun When it began to roll downhill, she tragically stepped in front to try to stop it. The Sun It had been left against a fence which collapsed, allowing it to roll downhill, through a hedge and on to the busy road. Times, Sunday Times In the absence of perturbations, the ball will always roll downhill and therefore will tend to stay in the valley (or stable state). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wagons loaded with wood would simply roll downhill in a controlled fashion under the pull of gravity. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's no pool, but the beach, shops and restaurants are just a ten-minute walk downhill. Times, Sunday Times Watch your posture and because walking downhill can be harder on the body, take it more slowly. The Sun Walking downhill also uses more because you use energy to resist downward momentum. The Sun He suggests that people may instead be choosing gait parameters that maximize stability while walking downhill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some horses may become uncomfortable in one lead, or may demonstrate stiffness walking downhill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 下坡地 Japanese: 坂を下って |
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