单词 | put down |
释义 | put down (once / 565 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v When you put down your water glass, you simply place it on a surface. However, when you put down your math teacher, you criticize her harshly. You can put down the grocery bags on the kitchen counter, or put down a puppy when it starts squirming. You can also put something down on paper, or write it out; and you can put down, or pay, a deposit on a new apartment. When you put down a person, you denounce or find fault with them, usually verbally. WORD FAMILYput down: puts down USAGE EXAMPLESAnd that, ultimately, is what business leaders in Rutland hope will happen if the refugees put down roots in Rutland. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He painted the border in a rich red and put down his brush. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) “Put down the paintbrush,” he recalls saying, as they drank their coffee. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v put in a horizontal position Syn|Hypo|Hyper lay, repose rail lay with rails laylay eggs blowlay eggs bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to restplace in a grave or tomb reburybury again spawnlay spawn lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 2v cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place Syn|Hypo|Hyper place down, set down flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 3v leave or unload Syn|Hypo|Hyper discharge, drop, drop off, set down, unload wharf discharge at a wharf air-dropdrop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter deliver bring to a destination, make a delivery 4v cause to come to the ground 2Syn|Hyper bring down, land arrive, come, get reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress v reduce in worth or character, usually verbally 3She tends to put down younger women colleagues Syn|Hypo|Hyper degrade, demean, disgrace, take down reduce lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation dehumanise, dehumanizedeprive of human qualities abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of v put (an animal) to death 4the sick cat had to be put down Syn|Hyper destroy kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly 1v put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. Syn|Hypo|Hyper get down, set down, write down transcribe write out from speech, notes, etc. notateput into notation, as of music or choreography dash down, dash offwrite down hastily note, take downmake a written note of write communicate or express by writing 2v make a record of; set down in permanent form Syn|Hypo|Hyper enter, record chalk up, tally keep score, as in games clock in, clock on, punch inregister one's arrival at work record, taperegister electronically accessionmake a record of additions to a collection, such as a library postdisplay, as of records in sports games ring upto perform and record a sale on a cash register manifestrecord in a ship's manifest inscribewrite, engrave, or print as a lasting record chroniclerecord in chronological order; make a historical record file, file awayplace in a container for keeping records documentrecord in detail logenter into a log, as on ships and planes clock up, log uprecord a distance travelled; on planes and cars film, shoot, takemake a film or photograph of something tape, videotaperecord on videotape photograph, shoot, snaprecord on photographic film mark, scoremake underscoring marks notchnotch a surface to record something keep, maintainmaintain by writing regular records filmrecord in film registerrecord in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions bookrecord a charge in a police register cancel, invalidatemake invalid for use save, writerecord data on a computer tape recordrecord with a tape recorder prerecordrecord before presentation, as of a broadcast file, registerrecord in a public office or in a court of law retakephotograph again reshootshoot again x-raytake an x-ray of something or somebody cinematise, cinematizemake a film of or adopt so as to make into a film microfilmrecord on microfilm cutrecord a performance on (a medium) cutmake a recording of patentgrant rights to; grant a patent for enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruitregister formally as a participant or member listinclude in a list fine, ticketissue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty bookregister in a hotel booker preserve, save to keep up and reserve for personal or special use |
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