downtownadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/, U.S.

/ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/,

/ˈdaʊnˌtaʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down prep., town n.

Etymology: < down prep. (compare down prep. Compounds 1) + town n.

Originally and chiefly North American.

A. adv.

1. Originally North American. In, into or towards the town centre or city centre (in early use esp. from a more elevated or more northerly suburb); down in the town. Cf. up-town adv.This sense has long been current outside North America.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adverb] > centre

downtown1770

1770 Trial W. Wemms 40 That evening, at the cry of fire, I came out of my house, and saw the people running down town, and I followed them.

1835 A. Gray Let. 17 Nov. (1893) I. 55 To-day when I go down town I shall subscribe for the ‘New York Observer’ for you.

1883 Cent. Mag. 26 917/1 She was down-town alone.

1901 Rep. Comm. Sick & Wounded S. Afr. Campaign 477/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 454) XXIX. 79 It [sc. drunkenness] usually occurred among men who were down town in the afternoon.

1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) vi. 91 The man who had seemed a dignified young wonder on 135th Street..looked like a pompous and overweening young ass downtown.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 24 (advt.) Tickets available downtown at box office prices exclusively at Moody's in the Colonnade.

1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 6. 21 Bongo. We could always go down town. Ducksie. Frig that. Too bleedin' cold.

2000 Washington Post 9 Oct. (Business) 17/1 Nearly everyone who has driven downtown has a personal horror story.

2. slang. To or at a town or city's police headquarters, or a similar urban law enforcement centre.Originally simply a contextual use of sense A. 1.

ΚΠ

1902 Boston Daily Globe 13 Oct. 4/8 The woman was brought downtown by detective Hildreth and Sergt Butler, and was locked up charged with drunkenness.

1919 C. Wells Man who fell through Earth vii. 113 I told all that to the man who questioned me downtown.

1942 R. Chandler High Window 201 I'm quite willing to go downtown and say I shot him.

1996 B. Helgeland & C. Hanson L.A. Confidential (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) (Yellow Review Pages) 44 You're a known associate of a woman killed in a mass murder. You wanna go downtown and discuss this officially?

2012 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick, Canada) (Nexis) 2 Mar. b7 The police also brought the child's mom downtown for questioning about the imaginary gun.

B. adj.

1. Of, situated in, or belonging to the central part or main business and commercial area of a town or city. Cf. up-town adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > centre

downstreet1828

central1829

downtown1837

1837 N.Y. Herald 1 May A ruffian..collected a thousand dollars of the paper of one of our down-town banks.

1891 Congress. Rec. 28 Jan. 1906/1 The second ward of the city of New York..is what is called a down-town ward, a business ward.

1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Apr. 7/5 Pedestrians in the down-town district on Friday were interested in the sight of a veritable procession of lorries loaded with high grade Pianos.

1969 Australian 24 May 24/2 (advt.) Your home in downtown Sydney.

2017 Vogue 1 July 112/1 I wanted to create a place that represented my ideals about the downtown scene.

2. Characteristic of or suitable for downtown, esp. in being smart, sophisticated, or metropolitan.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion

fashion-monging1600

fashionable1609

fashionly1613

modish1652

mody1701

knowing1768

fadding1864

downtown1914

cool1918

fashion-conscious1951

switched-on1964

trendoid1979

fresh1984

kewl1990

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > within a town

in-town1817

midtown1891

downtown1914

1914 Independent (Kansas City, Missouri) 28 Nov. 5/2 The American business man usually wears but two kinds of outer raiment—the every-day downtown suit and the conventional evening dress, swallow tail or Tuxedo.

1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle 175 His necktie was sort of downtown and Bourse-looking.

1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities x. 218 The Greasy Black look that was so..so Post-Punk, so Downtown, so..of the moment.

2004 Daily Mail 18 Sept. 50/2 Whether it is downtown chic for girls or BMX meets rock for boys, Debenhams' autumn childrenswear has never been cooler.

2016 Variety 27 Sept. 61/2 With its exposed brick and luxe furnishings, the upstairs event space at the Bowery lends a touch of downtown cool to a shindig.

C. n.

A town centre or city centre; the main business and commercial area of a town or city.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > centre

midtown1532

centre1699

downtown1851

downstreet1865

midtown1882

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick i. 1 Its extreme down-town is the Battery.

1905 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Mar. 5 One of the diversions of downtown yesterday was watching the sure movements of a steeplejack.

1955 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) vii. 160 New Orleans' downtown is the old quarter north of Canal Street.

1996 Michigan Chron. 20 Mar. 1 b New funds and new actions will provide us a new downtown for Detroit.

2011 Jrnl.-Courier (Jacksonville, Illinois) 10 Jan. 2/1 Its center..lies three blocks east of downtown along Elm Street.

Derivatives

ˈdownˈtowner n. a person who lives in or frequents the downtown part of a city.

ΚΠ

1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 244 They were the Achilles and the Patrocles of the ‘downtowners’.

1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 8 May 12/5 Jay Gould has set down-towners to eating snails.

1994 Esquire Aug. 64/3 Kim Gordon—a fellow downtowner who worked a day job at an art magazine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downtown
释义	downtownadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/, U.S. /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/, /ˈdaʊnˌtaʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: down prep., town n. Etymology: < down prep. (compare down prep. Compounds 1) + town n. Originally and chiefly North American. A. adv. 1. Originally North American. In, into or towards the town centre or city centre (in early use esp. from a more elevated or more northerly suburb); down in the town. Cf. up-town adv.This sense has long been current outside North America. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adverb] > centre downtown1770 1770 Trial W. Wemms 40 That evening, at the cry of fire, I came out of my house, and saw the people running down town, and I followed them. 1835 A. Gray Let. 17 Nov. (1893) I. 55 To-day when I go down town I shall subscribe for the ‘New York Observer’ for you. 1883 Cent. Mag. 26 917/1 She was down-town alone. 1901 Rep. Comm. Sick & Wounded S. Afr. Campaign 477/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 454) XXIX. 79 It [sc. drunkenness] usually occurred among men who were down town in the afternoon. 1953 S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1957) vi. 91 The man who had seemed a dignified young wonder on 135th Street..looked like a pompous and overweening young ass downtown. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 24 (advt.) Tickets available downtown at box office prices exclusively at Moody's in the Colonnade. 1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 6. 21 Bongo. We could always go down town. Ducksie. Frig that. Too bleedin' cold. 2000 Washington Post 9 Oct. (Business) 17/1 Nearly everyone who has driven downtown has a personal horror story. 2. slang. To or at a town or city's police headquarters, or a similar urban law enforcement centre.Originally simply a contextual use of sense A. 1. ΚΠ 1902 Boston Daily Globe 13 Oct. 4/8 The woman was brought downtown by detective Hildreth and Sergt Butler, and was locked up charged with drunkenness. 1919 C. Wells Man who fell through Earth vii. 113 I told all that to the man who questioned me downtown. 1942 R. Chandler High Window 201 I'm quite willing to go downtown and say I shot him. 1996 B. Helgeland & C. Hanson L.A. Confidential (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) (Yellow Review Pages) 44 You're a known associate of a woman killed in a mass murder. You wanna go downtown and discuss this officially? 2012 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick, Canada) (Nexis) 2 Mar. b7 The police also brought the child's mom downtown for questioning about the imaginary gun. B. adj. 1. Of, situated in, or belonging to the central part or main business and commercial area of a town or city. Cf. up-town adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > centre downstreet1828 central1829 downtown1837 1837 N.Y. Herald 1 May A ruffian..collected a thousand dollars of the paper of one of our down-town banks. 1891 Congress. Rec. 28 Jan. 1906/1 The second ward of the city of New York..is what is called a down-town ward, a business ward. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 13 Apr. 7/5 Pedestrians in the down-town district on Friday were interested in the sight of a veritable procession of lorries loaded with high grade Pianos. 1969 Australian 24 May 24/2 (advt.) Your home in downtown Sydney. 2017 Vogue 1 July 112/1 I wanted to create a place that represented my ideals about the downtown scene. 2. Characteristic of or suitable for downtown, esp. in being smart, sophisticated, or metropolitan. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] > fashion-conscious or following fashion fashion-monging1600 fashionable1609 fashionly1613 modish1652 mody1701 knowing1768 fadding1864 downtown1914 cool1918 fashion-conscious1951 switched-on1964 trendoid1979 fresh1984 kewl1990 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [adjective] > within a town in-town1817 midtown1891 downtown1914 1914 Independent (Kansas City, Missouri) 28 Nov. 5/2 The American business man usually wears but two kinds of outer raiment—the every-day downtown suit and the conventional evening dress, swallow tail or Tuxedo. 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle 175 His necktie was sort of downtown and Bourse-looking. 1987 T. Wolfe Bonfire of Vanities x. 218 The Greasy Black look that was so..so Post-Punk, so Downtown, so..of the moment. 2004 Daily Mail 18 Sept. 50/2 Whether it is downtown chic for girls or BMX meets rock for boys, Debenhams' autumn childrenswear has never been cooler. 2016 Variety 27 Sept. 61/2 With its exposed brick and luxe furnishings, the upstairs event space at the Bowery lends a touch of downtown cool to a shindig. C. n. A town centre or city centre; the main business and commercial area of a town or city. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > centre midtown1532 centre1699 downtown1851 downstreet1865 midtown1882 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick i. 1 Its extreme down-town is the Battery. 1905 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Mar. 5 One of the diversions of downtown yesterday was watching the sure movements of a steeplejack. 1955 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) vii. 160 New Orleans' downtown is the old quarter north of Canal Street. 1996 Michigan Chron. 20 Mar. 1 b New funds and new actions will provide us a new downtown for Detroit. 2011 Jrnl.-Courier (Jacksonville, Illinois) 10 Jan. 2/1 Its center..lies three blocks east of downtown along Elm Street. Derivatives ˈdownˈtowner n. a person who lives in or frequents the downtown part of a city. ΚΠ 1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 244 They were the Achilles and the Patrocles of the ‘downtowners’. 1887 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 8 May 12/5 Jay Gould has set down-towners to eating snails. 1994 Esquire Aug. 64/3 Kim Gordon—a fellow downtowner who worked a day job at an art magazine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.n.1770
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