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单词 downs
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down

1 of 8

adverb

ˈdau̇n How to pronounce down (audio)
1
a(1)
: toward or in a lower physical position
Don't look down.
Pull down the blind.
(2)
: to a lying or sitting position
Please sit down.
(3)
: toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom
burned the house down
fell down
b
: as a down payment
paid $10 down
c
: on paper
put down what he says
2
: in a direction that is the opposite of up: such as
a
: southward
traveled down to South Africa
b
: to or toward a point away from the speaker or the speaker's point of reference
walked down to my neighbor's house
c
: in or into the stomach
can't keep food down
3
: to a lesser degree, level, or rate
cool down tensions
Try to calm down.
4
: to or toward a lower position in a series
seems to be far down on their agenda
moved down in the pop charts
5
a
: to or in a lower or worse condition or status
held down by her lack of education
b
used to indicate thoroughness or completion
dusted down the housedescribed him down to his haircut
6
: from a past time
stories passed down by word of mouth
7
: to or in a state of less activity or prominence
scaled down our plans
8
: to a concentrated state
got the report down to three pages
9
: into defeat
voted the motion down

down

2 of 8

preposition

: down (see down entry 1) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on
fell down the stairs
write down the phone number
down the years
grew up down the block from each other
pacing up and down the room

down

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verb

downed; downing; downs

transitive verb

1
: to cause to go or come down (see down entry 1) : such as
a
: to cause to fall by or as if by shooting : bring down sense 1
downed the enemy helicopter
b
: consume sense 3
downing slices of pizza
2
football : to cause (a ball) to be out of play
downed the ball at the five-yard line
3
: defeat
down a proposal

intransitive verb

: to go down

down

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adjective

1
a(1)
: occupying a low position
specifically : lying on the ground
down timber
(2)
: directed or going downward
attendance is down
b
: lower in price
c
football : not being in play because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play
The ball was down.
d
: defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored)
down by two runs
e
baseball : out
two down in the top of the third inning
2
a
: reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity
a down economy
b
: not operating or able to function
The computer is down.
c
: depressed, dejected
feeling a bit down
also : depressing
a down movie
d
: sick
down with flu
3
: done, finished
eight down and two to go
4
: completely mastered
had her lines down
often used with pat
got the answers down pat
5
a
slang : cool sense 7
a down dude
b
slang : understanding or supportive of something or someone
usually used with with
trying to prove that they were down with hip-hop cultureJ. E. White
6
: being on record
you're down for two tickets

down

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noun (1)

1
: descent, depression
emotional ups and downs
the ups and downs of the business cycle
2
: an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)
3
football
a
: a complete play to advance the ball
b
: one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards
caught the ball on third down
4
chiefly British : dislike, grudge
5
: downer
6
physics : a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -¹/₃ and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon

down

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noun (2)

1
: an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil
usually used in plural
sheep grazing on the grassy downs
2
often capitalized : a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England

down

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noun (3)

1
: a covering of soft fluffy feathers
also : these feathers
goose down pillows
2
: something soft and fluffy like down
a trace of down on his cheeks

Down

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noun (4)

: down syndrome
usually used attributively
a Down baby
Phrases
down to the ground
: perfectly, completely
that suits me down to the ground
down on
: having a low opinion of or dislike for
The coach has been down on him lately.
down on one's luck
: experiencing misfortune and especially financial distress

Synonyms

Adverb

  • below
  • downward
  • downwards
  • over

Verb

  • bowl (down or over)
  • drop
  • fell
  • floor
  • knock down
  • knock over
  • level
  • mow (down)
  • prostrate

Adjective

  • complete
  • completed
  • concluded
  • done
  • ended
  • finished
  • over
  • over with
  • terminated
  • through
  • up

Noun (1)

  • floss
  • fluff
  • fur
  • fuzz
  • lint
  • nap
  • pile

Noun (2)

  • bummer
  • downer

Noun (3)

  • campo
  • champaign
  • grassland
  • heath
  • lea
  • ley
  • llano
  • moor
  • pampa
  • plain
  • prairie
  • savanna
  • savannah
  • steppe
  • tundra
  • veld
  • veldt
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Example Sentences

Adverb The land slopes down to the sea. She called down to her friends in the street below. They set the cake down on the table. Lay down your book for a minute. We watched the sun go down. We keep our wine collection down in the basement. What's going on down there? He fell down and hurt his knee. Climb down out of that tree! He knocked him down with one punch. Preposition Sweat dripped down her neck. The children ran down the hill. She fell down the stairs. He climbed down the ladder. He spilled mustard down the front of his shirt. Her hair hung loosely down her back. Go down the road and turn left. We grew up down the block from each other. The bathroom is halfway down the hall on the right. His pitches were right down the middle of the plate. Verb The storm downed power lines throughout the city. a large number of downed power lines They were downing beers and watching the game on TV. The quarterback downed the ball to stop the clock. Adjective The window shades were down. The candy is down on the bottom shelf. There was a pile of dirty clothes down on the floor. She took the down escalator. These changes should help keep prices down. Stocks are down again today. See More

Word History

Etymology

Adverb, Preposition, Verb, Adjective, and Noun (1)

Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of), of off, from + dūne, dative of dūn hill

Noun (2)

Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn — see down entry 1

Noun (3)

Middle English doun, from Old Norse dūnn

First Known Use

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Preposition

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Adjective

1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Noun (1)

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (4)

1987, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

down

1 of 7 noun
ˈdau̇n How to pronounce down (audio)
: a rolling grassy upland
usually used in plural

down

2 of 7 adverb
1
a
: toward or in a lower position
b
: to a lying or sitting position
c
: toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom
2
: as a down payment
paid $10 down
3
: in a direction opposite to up
add the numbers across and down
4
: to or in a lower or worse condition
held down by a bad economy
5
: from a past time
heirlooms that have been handed down
6
: to or in a state of less activity
excitement died down

down

3 of 7 adjective
1
a
: being in a low position
especially : lying on the ground
b
: directed or going downward
a down escalator
c
: being at a lower level
sales are down
2
a
: low in spirits : sad
feeling a bit down
b
: sick sense 1a
down with flu
3
: being finished or come to an end
eight down and two to go

down

4 of 7 preposition
: down along : down through : down toward : down in : down into : down on
down the road

down

5 of 7 noun
1
: a low or falling period
the ups and downs of life
2
: one of a series of four plays that a football team gets to advance the ball ten yards

down

6 of 7 verb
1
: to go or cause to go or come down
2
: consume sense 3
3
: to cause (a football) to be out of play

down

7 of 7 noun
1
: a covering of soft fluffy feathers
2
: something soft and fluffy like down

Geographical Definition

Down

geographical name

ˈdau̇n How to pronounce Down (audio)
1
district of southeastern Northern Ireland bordering the Irish Sea; established 1974 area 250 square miles (650 square kilometers), population 69,750
2
traditional county of southeastern Northern Ireland

downs 1 of 2

noun

plural of down
as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country hold a festival on the downs

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • prairie
  • pampa
  • meadow
  • moor
  • heath
  • grassland
  • plain
  • steppe
  • savanna
  • field
  • tundra
  • savannah
  • llano
  • lea
  • champaign
  • lowland
  • ley
  • campo
  • veld
  • flat
  • plateau
  • veldt
  • bottom
  • upland
  • tableland
  • table
  • bottomland
  • floodplain

downs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of down
1
as in drops
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall downed his opponent with one stunning blow

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • drops
  • punches
  • hits
  • slaps
  • floors
  • levels
  • pokes
  • knocks over
  • fells
  • jabs
  • slams
  • pounds
  • knocks down
  • bangs
  • thumps
  • topples
  • smacks
  • whacks
  • mows (down)
  • overthrows
  • bowls (down or over)
  • prostrates
  • knocks out
  • socks
  • kayoes
  • belts
  • swipes
  • hammers
  • thwacks
  • wallops
  • slogs
  • bashes
  • throws down
  • swats
  • bludgeons
  • pastes
  • slugs
  • KOs
  • whales
  • smites
  • clobbers
2
as in sips
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • sips
  • drinks
  • swallows
  • chews
  • licks
  • eats
  • gets down
  • knocks back
  • scarfs
  • sups
  • gulps
  • guzzles
  • wolfs
  • ruminates
  • ingests
  • gorges
  • consumes
  • munches
  • gobbles (up or down)
  • laps
  • scoffs
  • ingurgitates
  • imbibes
  • polishes off
  • finishes
  • pecks (at)
  • bolts
  • mouths (down)
  • devours
  • puts away
  • nibbles (on)
  • dispatches
  • gnaws (at or on)
3
as in negatives
to reject by or as if by a vote all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • negatives
  • vetoes
  • refuses
  • kills
  • dismisses
  • blackballs
  • declines
  • shoots down
  • disapproves
  • nixes
  • blacklists
  • disallows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • passes
  • confirms
  • allows
  • admits
  • approves
  • sanctions
  • assents (to)
  • elects
  • ratifies
  • supports
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