单词 | to look downwards |
释义 | > as lemmasto look downwards to look downwards 1. intransitive. = to look downward 1 at Phrasal verbs 1. 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 1550 R. Sherry tr. J. Brenz Verye Fruitful Expos. Syxte Chapter St. John sig. Fiiii Other creatures..loke downewardes to the grownd, but mans body is vpryght to loke vpon heauen. 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus ii. C ij When other creatures..Look downwards on't, [thou] hast an erected figure. 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 114 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. He doth not look downwards, but streight before, and sidewards. 1706 tr. L. Bordelon Managem. Tongue 249 He walks looking downwards, and he dares not lift up his Eyes to look upon those who go by. 1796 Monthly Rev. 19 57 A judge was expressed by a man without hands looking downwards, to shew that a judge ought not to be moved either by interest or pity. 1896 Sunday at Home 1 Jan. 264/1 It made Harry giddy to look downwards at the vista of great boulders and fir-trunks clinging, as if for dear life, to the precipitous slope. 1937 G. Dennis Coronation Comm. 157 He was nervous, and nibbled at his nails and looked downwards. 2013 Sunday Mirror (Nexis) 8 Dec. (Notebook Mag. section) Do they look downwards when talking to you? Do they hide their hands? These are two signs people give when they are hiding something. 2. intransitive. Stock Market. = to look downward 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. 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 1796 Daily Advertiser (London) 16 July 1/2 Beef is now..three Farthings a Pound dearer than it had been a Fortnight since; Mutton is, however, looking downwards. 1838 Farmer's Mag. May 388/2 Wool has rather receded in price, and few buyers, which is invariably the case when things are looking downwards. 1852 Express (London) 31 Aug. 1/6 The [tallow] market has become quiet, and prices look downwards. 1919 Japan Financial & Econ. Monthly May 18/2 The price of rice which had been looking downwards showed a great falling off in the month under review. < as lemmas |
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