| 单词 | to get down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get down to get down 1. transitive. a. To succeed in bringing or conveying down; to succeed in causing to come or go down; to bring from a place conventionally regarded as high (such as a shelf, hook, etc.). 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)] besench971 avalec1314 sinka1325 lighta1400 to get downa1450 abasec1450 descenda1475 base1489 fall1595 slopea1616 dimit1628 demit1646 send1657 down1852 dip1879 a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2319 (MED) For Mankynd getyst þou nowth doun To soloyen hym [read hym wyth] synful sede. ?1532–4 Mery Iest Mylner Abyngton (de Worde) sig. B.iv Stoute strokes was them bytweene The mylner was the more kene And gate the clerke downe. 1660 T. Allin Jrnl. 29 Oct. (1939) (modernized text) I. 3 We got down our main yard. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 17 Shall we get down our Topmasts? 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses ii. 10 Ev'n when Master had got her down, she would scratch and bite like a Tyger. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §266 We returned to the buss about noon to get down our moorings. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Virginia in Lays Anc. Rome 2164 Small chance was his to rise again, if once they got him down. 1871 H. B. Stowe My Wife & I xlii. 410 ‘Well, then,’ said I, ‘get down the Prayer-book and teach me my proprieties. I will learn my lesson thoroughly.’ 1906 J. Lumsden Skipper Parson 90 If the Canadians come down here to take our country I'll get down my ‘swiling gun’, and we'll go out and meet 'em. 1975 A. Deyell My Shetland 19 As time went on I learned to row and steer like a native, and, if we were sailing, to..help to get the sail down without it touching the sea. 2009 Ireland's Eye Jan. 39/1 Scores of youngsters would get down their hurleys and balls from the attics. b. To swallow (food or drink), to consume (a meal). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > swallow swallowc1000 overswallowa1400 engluta1492 slup1598 deglute1599 to take down1603 glut-glut1650 quilta1658 to get down1662 regurgitate1670 reswallow1792 to take on board1813 glutch1825 down1852 deglutate1867 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 142 If, through weaknesse..he be not able to get down the bread. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. xi. 226 I drank a little Chocolate yesterday Morning,..and got down a little Bason of Broth at Noon. 1821 Q. Rev. Jan. 360 Readers..prepare themselves as they do to swallow a dose of medicine, endeavouring to get it down in large gulps, without tasting it more than is necessary. 1915 ‘B. Ruck’ Miss Million's Maid ix. 66 ‘But if you don't want to have luncheon here the first day, perhaps—’ ‘I don't; oh, not me. I couldn't get anything down.’ 2000 M. Branton in N. Blincoe & M. Thorne All Hail New Puritans 127 He liked to get his breakfast down before he started. c. To put down on paper, to record or cause to be recorded in writing. ΚΠ 1860 Dwight's Jrnl. Music 8 Sept. 187/3 It has come to me long ago, but I can't get it down on paper. 1896 20th Ann. Rep. Railroad & Warehouse Commissioners Missouri 1895 187 It will be better to have these people sworn..and get the evidence down so that it may be considered. 1943 E. H. W. Meyerstein Let. 7 June (1959) 269 I have made myself go into the front room to get this down after thinking about it since we met. 1987 M. Ignatieff Russ. Album i. 19 The more distant everything became, the more urgent it became to get the story down. 2004 Prediction Apr. 38/1 If there are contracts that have to be settled, get them down in black and white. d. To bring (a person) into a state of depression or weariness; to depress, to weary. Cf. down adv. 17b. 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 1861 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) 21 Dec. 269/2 ‘Then beat the drums.’ ‘There ain't no drums nother, General.’ ‘This gets me down a little,’ said Beauregard, somewhat embarrassed. a1870 C. Dickens in J. Forster Life Dickens (1873) II. 376 Your mind..is too strong for you; it gets you down and treads upon you, Sairey. 1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 88 It fair gets me down to see the poor brutes dying like flies. 1930 C. V. Grimmett Getting Wickets v. 115 There is quite enough to worry about on the field without allowing the troubles of the game to ‘get you down’ when you leave it. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet v. 171 It's just being cooped up in the office gets you down a bit. 1992 Times 13 July (Life & Times section) 3/5 There are days when nothing much seems funny at all. Being a comic novelist can get a chap down, you know. 2. intransitive. a. To succeed in coming or going down; to convey oneself to or reach a lower place (esp. downstairs, off a horse or vehicle, etc.) or to a place conventionally regarded as ‘down’. Also: (nursery) (of a child) to leave the table after finishing a meal. Also transitive (reflexive). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc975 alightOE to fall adownOE hieldc1275 downcomea1300 sink?a1300 avalec1374 to go downa1375 to come downc1380 dipc1390 descenda1393 clinea1400 declinea1400 downc1400 inclinec1400 vailc1400 fallc1440 devall1477 condescendc1485 to get down1567 lower1575 dismount1579 to fall down1632 down?1701 demount1837 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (reflexive)] to get down1567 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eat [verb (intransitive)] > finish eating or leave table to get down1567 to rise awaya1642 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxxi. f. 385v I haue done inough for thee, by making thee to mount so high. Lerne then now so wel how thou mayst get downe. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 28 b Then they tell the wall, and the waie, whereby her lover got downe. 1649 Certaine Observ. Tryall J. Lilburne 15 Before the second time I could get down into the Country, to take possession of it, old Sir Henry Vane..seized upon it all. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 43 The day being come..he gets down..leaving his dead Companion upon the Tree. 1757 S. Foote Author Prol. Sirrah? get down, and let your Father ride. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 93 Then one of the biggest [boys] gets down [from the coach], and begs his pardon. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 50 Bob..get ye down to your supper. 1887 Westm. Rev. June 361 We have now got down to the fifteenth century. 1893 E. F. Benson Dodo (U.S. ed.) xix. 393 Then eat the ham, and then say grace, and then you may get down. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 28/3 (advt.) Sani-Flush leaves the bowl clean and gleaming white. It gets down into the hidden, unhealthful trap and cleans that too. 1935 E. Bagnold National Velvet vii. 117 I'm not hungry any more. Can I get down, mother? 1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain x. 150 We all opened our letters yesterday morning, at breakfast. Can you imagine? I got down first and really—such a shock! 1982 P. Redmond Brookside (Mersey TV transmission script) (O.E.D. Archive) Episode 2. 15 You'd do yourself more good getting yourself down to mass every now and then. 1992 N. Bawden Humbug vi. 41 May I get down? I don't want any more breakfast. 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year v. 35 She yelled, ‘Scott! Get down, you'll break your bleddy neck!’ b. To settle down to (an activity, a topic, etc.); to turn one's attention to. Frequently in to get down to it: to get started; to begin work seriously or energetically.to get down to brass tacks: see brass n. Phrases 2. to get down to business: see business n. Phrases 13. to get down to cases: see case n.2 Phrases 2. to get down to work: see work n. Phrases 1f(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. iv. 62 We must get down to it, Sagamore, beginning at the spring. 1889 Western Electrician 19 Jan. 36/1 Let us get down to the point and say exactly what we mean. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xiv. 108 You've got to get right down to it and amuse your mind. 1924 Sunday Times 30 Mar. 6/2 The Bishop of Beauvais, the Earl of Warwick, and Chaplain de Stogumber assemble round a table and ‘get down to it’. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 24 Nov. (1987) 340 Then I could get down to the job of ‘cleaning’ them up. 1957 K. M. Kenyon Digging up Jericho 39 The first stages of a dig..start long before one actually gets down to excavating. 2000 A. Hussein Émigré Journeys i. 3 If a floorboard creaked or a knob fell off the door, I got down to it right there and then. c. U.S. colloquial. to get down on (a person): to develop a dislike for or grudge against; to be hostile or oppressive to. ΚΠ 1875 ‘M. Quad’ Quad's Odds 381 The adult male population of the village got down on John Anderson Tompkins. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xii. 105 Dave got down on him fer some little thing or other. 1926 Harper's Monthly Mag. June 324/2 Lots of fellows were giving $25 so I gave him that much... I thought that if I did not maybe the upperclass men would get down on me. 1997 Ice Hockey News Rev. 22 Feb. 12/3 If things are to go my way, I will just have to relax—I know I get down on myself and perhaps it's because I'm trying too hard. 3. intransitive. Golf. To get the ball into the hole. ΚΠ 1890 Golf 21 Nov. 149/1 You can then heavy iron it on to the green and get down in four or five. 1894 Baily's Mag. Apr. 283 He placed his ball, in one, close to the hole, and got down with his second. 1963 Times 25 May 9/4 To ‘get down in one’ naturally needs an extremely well-directed stroke. 1970 D. Schaap Masters 30 From the bunker, Player got down in two shots. 2000 Guardian (Dar es Salaam) 27 Mar. 19/1 Sutton..barely kept his second attempt on the green before needing three to get down. 4. intransitive. U.S. slang (originally in African-American usage). a. To take an (illegal) narcotic drug. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > take drugs [verb (intransitive)] sleigh-ride1845 drug1893 dope1909 to hit the gong, gow, stuff1933 use1951 to get down1952 to turn on1954 goof1962 joy-pop1962 to drop acid1966 1952 H. Ellson Golden Spike xv. 92 ‘Where're you going?’..‘To get down again.’ ‘What with?’ ‘Whatever I can get.’ 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny i. 12/1 I mean, we have to fix; we have to get down. Not for the fun of getting loaded, but just to keep from getting sicker. 1981 H. Gould Fort Apache xxvi. 157 Maybe she got down every day, snorting sometimes, skin popping when she had a little more time. b. To have sexual intercourse. Also with with. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse playOE to do (also work) one's kindc1225 bedc1315 couple1362 gendera1382 to go togetherc1390 to come togethera1398 meddlea1398 felterc1400 companya1425 swivec1440 japea1450 mellc1450 to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474 engender1483 fuck?a1513 conversec1540 jostlec1540 confederate1557 coeate1576 jumble1582 mate1589 do1594 conjoin1597 grind1598 consortc1600 pair1603 to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608 commix1610 cock1611 nibble1611 wap1611 bolstera1616 incorporate1622 truck1622 subagitate1623 occupya1626 minglec1630 copulate1632 fere1632 rut1637 joust1639 fanfreluche1653 carnalize1703 screw1725 pump1730 correspond1756 shag1770 hump1785 conjugate1790 diddle1879 to get some1889 fuckeec1890 jig-a-jig1896 perform1902 rabbit1919 jazz1920 sex1921 root1922 yentz1923 to make love1927 rock1931 mollock1932 to make (beautiful) music (together)1936 sleep1936 bang1937 lumber1938 to hop into bed (with)1951 to make out1951 ball1955 score1960 trick1965 to have it away1966 to roll in the hay1966 to get down1967 poontang1968 pork1968 shtup1969 shack1976 bonk1984 boink1985 1967 M. Braly On the Yard xiii. 193 It was one of those places..where you could get down. 1978 N.Y. Post 9 Dec. The girl who gets married in certain cliques has to get down with all the boys in the clique. 1984 R. N. Boyd Sex behind Bars 30 In prison, racism is still extremely prevalent. It is suicide for a white queen to get down with a black con. 1984 R. N. Boyd Sex behind Bars 111 He had even been tempted to try some black meat, but it had been made clear to him from day one that he would be killed if he got down with any blacks. 1997 People (Sydney) 30 July 6/1 When Dana Delany got down with legendary cocksman Willem Dafoe. 2002 N.Y. Mag. 29 Apr. 33/2 I told one guy that I'm gay, and he was upset, but then his mind changed and he was like, ‘You know, me, you, and your girlfriend could get down.’ c. To behave in a relaxed and uninhibited way; esp. to dance vigorously and uninhibitedly. ΚΠ 1970 H. E. Roberts Third Ear 7/1 Get down, to do something in a bigger way; to put the intensity of ‘soul’ into dance movements; e.g. He got down last night at the party. 1974 J. Willwerth Jones: Portrait of Mugger i. 16 Jeff has some good smoke tonight—he calls it wacky weed—and..he and Jones get down with a little wine and some weed, and they rap. 1977 C. McFadden Serial (1978) lii. 110/2 At seven o'clock, with the party getting down, Harvey came and took Kate aside. 1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 543/2 With the twist, America learned how to get down. 1997 S. Grafton M is for Malice xx. 330 ‘You like to dance?’ ‘No, not really.’ ‘Don't worry about it. We'll get you in and you can cut loose. Forget your inhibitions and get down.’ 2013 N.Y. Mag. 7 Oct. 80/1 These clubs are all about getting down... Here, a tour through thirteen new dance parties and clubs..and ten options for brushing up on your old moves. d. With with: to associate oneself or become familiar with (a person). Also: to get to grips with, to cope with; to become familiar with, relate to (a thing). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate together or with [verb (intransitive)] mingc1275 company1387 joinc1390 meddlec1390 herd?a1400 fellowshipc1430 enfellowship1470 to step in1474 accompany?1490 yoke?a1513 to keep with ——c1515 conjoin1532 wag1550 frequent1577 encroach1579 consort1588 sort1595 commerce1596 troop1597 converse1598 to keep (also enter, come into, etc.) commons1598 to enter common1604 atone1611 to walk (also travel) in the way with1611 minglea1616 consociate1638 associate1644 corrive1647 co-unite1650 walk1650 cohere1651 engage1657 mix1667 accustom1670 to make one1711 coalite1735 commerciate1740 to have nothing to say to (also with)1780 gang?1791 companion1792 mess1795 matea1832 comrade1865 to go around1904 to throw in with1906 to get down1975 1975 High Times Dec. 131/1 It [sc. pure weed] enables me to get down with both men and women. 1992 Entertainm. Weekly 21 Aug. 14/2 He [Dan Quayle] has adopted Midwestern businessman casual..to show he can get down with the guys. 1998 K. Eshun More Brilliant than Sun vi. 73 Nobody else can get down with it 'cause it's too 5th-dimensional. 1999 D. Century Street Kingdom i. 15 But Tommy never got down with the gangs. Tommy was always his own show. 2010 New Yorker 4 Jan. 35/2 It should be mature and catchy enough so that old people can get down with it. And fresh enough so young kids can get down with it. < as lemmas |
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