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单词 downturned
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downturnedadj.

Brit. /ˈdaʊntəːnd/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌtərnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, turned adj.
Etymology: < down- prefix + turned adj., after to turn down at turn v. Phrasal verbs 1to turn down at turn v. Phrasal verbs 1, in sense 2 also after downturn n.
1. Esp. of the lips or other features: turned or directed downwards.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having downward direction > turned downwards
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1826 J. Banim Boyne Water III. i. 2 He snatched at the hope that it was Eva who watched him; for..his nearness to the down-turned face, and the imperfect light, did not allow him at once to become certain.
1894 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 22 May 1005/2 Two water-tanks in which the down-turned ends of the cooking-tunnel are submerged.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 June 2/3 Curve those lips..To a dismal down-turned crescent.
1942 T. S. Eliot Little Gidding 10 I fixed upon the down-turned face That pointed scrutiny.
1995 Off our Backs Apr. 14/3 What are you hiding behind that downturned gaze?
2011 New Yorker 7 Feb. 51/3 A sweet man with a downturned smile and a thinning buzz cut.
2. Characterized by a decline in economic or business activity; experiencing a downturn.
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1970 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 17 Aug. 14/8 The adverse impact the nation's downturned economy has had on Michigan.
2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Dec. iii. 20/1 In this downturned market, as more houses stay unsold longer and longer.
2009 N.Y. Mag. 1 June 28/1 Though the squeeze seemed sudden, it wasn't sparked by the recession; the DOE [= Department of Education] had not been swarmed by downturned private-school families.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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