| 单词 | to cast down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cast down to cast down 1. See senses 11 – 13 and down adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > bring to the ground/lay low > cast down warpc1175 acastc1225 to throw downa1250 foldc1275 casta1300 throwc1330 waltc1400 shootc1480 to cast down1530 to fling down1587 stern1599 deject1627 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > throw down to throw adownc1275 downcastc1390 dejectc1420 cast1481 to cast down1535 terre1586 to throw down1714 a1300 Cursor Mundi 23720 Dame fortune turnes þan hir quele And castes vs dun. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxx. 3 Pride kastes men down. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 477/1 Who wolde have thought that so lytell a felowe coulde have caste him downe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lament. ii. 1 As for the honore of Israel, he hath casten it downe from heauen. 1565–78 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Abjiceo He..cast himselfe downe a long in the grasse. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §15. 101 The blocks which had been cast down from the summit. 1885 Creighton Age of Elizabeth (ed. 6) 22 Henry VIII delighted to show that he could cast down and could raise up. 2. transitive. To overthrow, demolish (a building). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset > overthrow in ruins or to destruction to-warpc888 overwarpeOE to cast downc1230 to throw down1340 everse?a1425 thringc1480 tumble1487 evert1533 c1230 Hali Meid. 5 And warpeð eauer toward tis tur for to kasten hit adun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16705 Þou said þat þou suld cast it [sc. the temple] dun and ras it þe thrid dai. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. viii. 90 The castelle than on Twedmouth made..Wes tretyd to be castyn down. 1572 Lament Lady Scot. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 247 I se ȝour tempills cassin downe. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1848) clxxxix. 373 Bulwarks are often casten down. 3. To bend and turn downward (the head, face, the gaze of the eyes). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > head, face, or eyes warpc1175 lout1297 to smite downa1350 to cast downc1374 embowc1440 droop1582 vail1586 upturn1667 slink1683 poke1852 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. i. i. 7 Þus þis compaygnie of muses I-blamed casten wroþely þe chere adounward to þe erþe. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) li. 172 Huon..spake no worde but cast downe his hede. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 190. ⁋1 Every eye was cast down before him. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 67 Sheila cast down her eyes, and said nothing. 4. To deject in spirits, disappoint, dispirit. Chiefly in past participle= downcast. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xl. 28 And alle men seende he shal ben kast down. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 5 For thee oppressed King am I cast downe . View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 256. ¶8 How often is the Ambitious Man cast down and disappointed, if he receives no Praise where he expected it? 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii Come, Mrs. Malaprop, don't be cast down. 1853 G. Rawson In Dark & Cloudy Day Comfort me, I am cast down. < as lemmas |
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