| 单词 | downs | 
| 释义 | down1 of 8adverb   ˈdau̇n  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 down2 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 down3 of 8 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   down4 of 8 adjective1  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 culture— 6   : being on record  you're down for two tickets down5 of 8 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   down6 of 8 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   down7 of 8 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 Down8 of 8 noun (4)  : down syndrome  —usually used attributively  a Down baby downs 1 of 2 nounas in prairiea broad area of level or rolling treeless country hold a festival on the downs Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance 
 downs2 of 2 verb1 as in dropsto strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall downed his opponent with one stunning blow Synonyms & Similar Words 
 2 as in sipsto take into the stomach through the mouth and throat downing slices of pizza and guzzling bottles of soda Synonyms & Similar Words 
 3 as in negativesto reject by or as if by a vote all attempts to ban indoor smoking had been downed by the town council Synonyms & Similar Words 
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