单词 | to be down |
释义 | > as lemmasto be down b. colloquial. In low spirits; dejected, dispirited, depressed. Frequently in to be down.See also to get down 1d at get v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vii. sig. L Thou art so downe vpon the least disaster! View more context for this quotation a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 113 Men's hearts are downe. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 570/1 What happen'd at the busy town, That makes blyth William look so down? 1782 S. Johnson Let. 4 June (1994) IV. 46 When I pressed your hand at parting, I was rather down. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod (1865) x. 240 The Captain is rather down about it, but I tell him to cheer up. 1872 Testimony Joint Select Comm. Condition of Affairs Late Insurrectionary States: Mississippi I. 274 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (42nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Rep. 22, Pt. 11) II The Ku-Klux then left me, and went off as if they had been stealing sheep; they were very down about it; I do not think they felt as if they had accomplished what they intended. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xi. 117 I was feeling kind of down, on account that tooth of mine was giving me the devil. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet v. 171 It's just being cooped up in the office gets you down a bit. 2010 Cosmopolitan (U.K. ed.) Feb. 168/2 I used to comfort-eat chocolate when I was down. Now I go for a run. < as lemmas |
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