英语词汇“to look down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive.

a. To direct one's gaze downward; (also) to lower one's eyes or face.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look down

to look downa1200

to look downward?a1425

to look downwards1550

to look under1622

OE tr. Vision of St. Paul 69 And se ængel..him to cwæð, loca of dune, and Paulus ða locode on yorðan.]

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 173 Ðanne stondeð þo wreches..and lokeð up and dun and al abuten.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21320 (MED) Luk as ox euer lokeþ doun.

c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 326 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 268 Keparis of þe presone, þat thru smal holis lokit done.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 146 Vpon Fawdoun as he was lukand doun.

1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 3 Hee that sittes on hygh looked doune to the lowe dungeon of the pryson, and raised Ioseph to be ruler.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 204 Looke downe you gods And on this couple drop a blessed crowne.

1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job ix. 33 He from the Hills of Time looks down, to see The boundless Vale of dark Futurity.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 164 I looked down upon the Servants..as if they had been Pigmies, and I a Giant.

1800 T. Barry Narr. Singular Adventures & Captivity 48 She..looked down on her son with a languid smile.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 212 Thus is formed the promontory of Lincoln looking down upon the river to the South of it.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxxiii. 542 They stood looking down at the body.

1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows i. 26 We lay on the ledge in silence, looking down on the plain.

2011 Independent 30 May (Viewspaper section) 17/3 Only then I look down and notice that my legs need waxing.

†b. Scottish. To appear downcast or mournful. Obsolete.

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a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 196 It is no glaid collatioun, Quhair ane makis myrrie, ane vther lukis doun.

1567 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 512 The said Erle standing at the barr, luiking doun and sad lyke.

a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. lxxx. 245 Scho luikis doun oft ay lyk ane sow And will nocht speik quhen I cum in.

c. Originally Scottish. to look down on (also upon): to regard with scorn or contempt; to consider oneself superior to. Cf. to look down one's nose (at) at nose n. Phrases 1c(b).

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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)]

forhowc900

overhowOE

withhuheOE

forhecchec1230

scorna1275

despise1297

spise13..

to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303

to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320

to think scorn ofc1320

to set short by1377

to tell short of1377

to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390

spitea1400

contemnc1425

nought1440

overlooka1450

mainprizec1450

lightly1451

vilipendc1470

indeign1483

misprize1483

dain?1518

to look down on (also upon)1539

floccipend1548

contempta1555

to take scorn ata1566

embase1577

sdeign1590

disesteem1594

vilify1599

to set lightly, coldly1604

disrepute1611

to hold cheapa1616

avile1616

floccify1623

meprize1633

to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642

publican1648

naucify1653

disesteem1659

invalue1673

to set light, at light1718

sneeze1806

sniff1837

derry1896

to hold no brief for1918

1539 in Protocol Bk. Sir J. Cristisone (1928) 66 Ȝe have lukit dovne one me..throcht certane vourdis of displessour I spak of ȝow at this kirk.

a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 290 All wther secreittis and inventiouns that he could inwent contrair lord Home and his brother to cause the Duike of Albanie looke doune on them.

1656 A. Stafford President Female Perfection 99 We commonly looke downe on things despicable.

1673 W. Allen Disc. Nature Two Covenants v. 120 The unbelieving Jews..looked down upon them with contempt.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 255. ¶9 A solid and substantial Greatness of Soul looks down with a generous Neglect on the Censures and Applauses of the Multitude.

1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) i. 44 Where people are sufficiently raised to have their minds polish'd though not enough to look down on a person.

1853 H. D. Mackenzie Life in Mission, Camp, & Zenáná II. iii. 84 The parents now complain that their sons look down on them for being so ignorant.

1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 July 476/1 They are..looked down upon and scorned.

1915 T. L. Golden Let. 30 May in Lett. from Front (Canadian Bank of Commerce) (1920) I. 19 Ready to look down upon the Britisher as a good-for-nothing lady-like cissy.

1960 Spectator 24 June 931/3 The French have always looked down on Italian wines.

2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Feb. 44 A tipsy Nixon phones Frost to rage at the people who have looked down on him all his life.

2. transitive. To look fixedly at someone until he or she feels forced to look away. Cf. to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs.

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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > by looks

to look down1639

outfrown1807

1639 T. Bancroft Two Bks. Epigrammes & Epit. i. sig. C My unpierced Muse, whose lofty rime Shall (Diall-like) stand in the face of time, And looke it downe.

1791 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 357/2 Thurlow, forbear thy awful frown; I beg you may not look me down.

1837 Knickerbocker 9 361 We're a free trader..and are forced to go well armed, to look down all resistance.

1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air III. xxx. 285 Having no importunate witness present..to look me down while I was bragging.

1918 Country Gentleman 7 Dec. 28/2 ‘You're mistaken,’ he said, trying to look me down.

1942 W. Morris My Uncle Dudley iii. 46 She wasn't so dumb and she'd heard all of that and looked him down.

1995 M. Barker & R. Sabin Lasting of Mohicans v. 111 Coolly, he looks her down and tells her he will not bury his friends.

3. intransitive. Stock Market. Of a commodity: to decrease in value. Also in extended use. Cf. to look up 6 at Phrasal verbs 1.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices)

to look downwards1796

to look downward1801

to look down1808

rally1826

sag1870

give way1883

slump1888

firm1896

move1904

spurt1931

perform1933

dip1956

to pull back1966

to go in the tank1974

1808 Ann. Reg. 1806 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 49/1 The bounties would begin soon, in the language of 'Change Alley, to ‘be looking down’.

1850 Brit. Q. Rev. Aug. 60 For once in their lives, even the ‘holders’ of sovereigns thought that shares were ‘looking down’.

1968 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood ii. 111 He still went out daily and returned at six o'clock to tell her his shares were looking up—they always looked down the following day.

2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 173/1 Things are looking down for the trout-faced doctor who is fending off accusations of murder.

单词	to look down
释义	> as lemmas to look down to look down 1. intransitive. a. To direct one's gaze downward; (also) to lower one's eyes or face. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look down to look downa1200 to look downward?a1425 to look downwards1550 to look under1622 OE tr. Vision of St. Paul 69 And se ængel..him to cwæð, loca of dune, and Paulus ða locode on yorðan.] a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 173 Ðanne stondeð þo wreches..and lokeð up and dun and al abuten. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 21320 (MED) Luk as ox euer lokeþ doun. c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 326 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 268 Keparis of þe presone, þat thru smal holis lokit done. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 146 Vpon Fawdoun as he was lukand doun. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 3 Hee that sittes on hygh looked doune to the lowe dungeon of the pryson, and raised Ioseph to be ruler. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 204 Looke downe you gods And on this couple drop a blessed crowne. View more context for this quotation 1700 R. Blackmore Paraphr. Job ix. 33 He from the Hills of Time looks down, to see The boundless Vale of dark Futurity. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 164 I looked down upon the Servants..as if they had been Pigmies, and I a Giant. 1800 T. Barry Narr. Singular Adventures & Captivity 48 She..looked down on her son with a languid smile. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 212 Thus is formed the promontory of Lincoln looking down upon the river to the South of it. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xxxiii. 542 They stood looking down at the body. 1957 ‘R. West’ Fountain Overflows i. 26 We lay on the ledge in silence, looking down on the plain. 2011 Independent 30 May (Viewspaper section) 17/3 Only then I look down and notice that my legs need waxing. †b. Scottish. To appear downcast or mournful. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 196 It is no glaid collatioun, Quhair ane makis myrrie, ane vther lukis doun. 1567 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) I. ii. 512 The said Erle standing at the barr, luiking doun and sad lyke. a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. lxxx. 245 Scho luikis doun oft ay lyk ane sow And will nocht speik quhen I cum in. c. Originally Scottish. to look down on (also upon): to regard with scorn or contempt; to consider oneself superior to. Cf. to look down one's nose (at) at nose n. Phrases 1c(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] forhowc900 overhowOE withhuheOE forhecchec1230 scorna1275 despise1297 spise13.. to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320 to think scorn ofc1320 to set short by1377 to tell short of1377 to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390 spitea1400 contemnc1425 nought1440 overlooka1450 mainprizec1450 lightly1451 vilipendc1470 indeign1483 misprize1483 dain?1518 to look down on (also upon)1539 floccipend1548 contempta1555 to take scorn ata1566 embase1577 sdeign1590 disesteem1594 vilify1599 to set lightly, coldly1604 disrepute1611 to hold cheapa1616 avile1616 floccify1623 meprize1633 to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642 publican1648 naucify1653 disesteem1659 invalue1673 to set light, at light1718 sneeze1806 sniff1837 derry1896 to hold no brief for1918 1539 in Protocol Bk. Sir J. Cristisone (1928) 66 Ȝe have lukit dovne one me..throcht certane vourdis of displessour I spak of ȝow at this kirk. a1600 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 290 All wther secreittis and inventiouns that he could inwent contrair lord Home and his brother to cause the Duike of Albanie looke doune on them. 1656 A. Stafford President Female Perfection 99 We commonly looke downe on things despicable. 1673 W. Allen Disc. Nature Two Covenants v. 120 The unbelieving Jews..looked down upon them with contempt. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 255. ¶9 A solid and substantial Greatness of Soul looks down with a generous Neglect on the Censures and Applauses of the Multitude. 1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) i. 44 Where people are sufficiently raised to have their minds polish'd though not enough to look down on a person. 1853 H. D. Mackenzie Life in Mission, Camp, & Zenáná II. iii. 84 The parents now complain that their sons look down on them for being so ignorant. 1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 July 476/1 They are..looked down upon and scorned. 1915 T. L. Golden Let. 30 May in Lett. from Front (Canadian Bank of Commerce) (1920) I. 19 Ready to look down upon the Britisher as a good-for-nothing lady-like cissy. 1960 Spectator 24 June 931/3 The French have always looked down on Italian wines. 2009 N.Y. Times Mag. 8 Feb. 44 A tipsy Nixon phones Frost to rage at the people who have looked down on him all his life. 2. transitive. To look fixedly at someone until he or she feels forced to look away. Cf. to stare down at stare v. Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > suppress, repress, or put down > by looks to look down1639 outfrown1807 1639 T. Bancroft Two Bks. Epigrammes & Epit. i. sig. C My unpierced Muse, whose lofty rime Shall (Diall-like) stand in the face of time, And looke it downe. 1791 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 357/2 Thurlow, forbear thy awful frown; I beg you may not look me down. 1837 Knickerbocker 9 361 We're a free trader..and are forced to go well armed, to look down all resistance. 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air III. xxx. 285 Having no importunate witness present..to look me down while I was bragging. 1918 Country Gentleman 7 Dec. 28/2 ‘You're mistaken,’ he said, trying to look me down. 1942 W. Morris My Uncle Dudley iii. 46 She wasn't so dumb and she'd heard all of that and looked him down. 1995 M. Barker & R. Sabin Lasting of Mohicans v. 111 Coolly, he looks her down and tells her he will not bury his friends. 3. intransitive. Stock Market. Of a commodity: to decrease in value. Also in extended use. Cf. to look up 6 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > state of market or prices > fall or rise (of prices) to look downwards1796 to look downward1801 to look down1808 rally1826 sag1870 give way1883 slump1888 firm1896 move1904 spurt1931 perform1933 dip1956 to pull back1966 to go in the tank1974 1808 Ann. Reg. 1806 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 49/1 The bounties would begin soon, in the language of 'Change Alley, to ‘be looking down’. 1850 Brit. Q. Rev. Aug. 60 For once in their lives, even the ‘holders’ of sovereigns thought that shares were ‘looking down’. 1968 B. Bainbridge Another Part of Wood ii. 111 He still went out daily and returned at six o'clock to tell her his shares were looking up—they always looked down the following day. 2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 173/1 Things are looking down for the trout-faced doctor who is fending off accusations of murder. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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