音标:[daun] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
a. 向下的
adv. 下, 下去, 降下
prep. 往下, 沿着
n. 丘陵, 软毛, 开阔的高地
[计] 向下, 退下命令
n. soft fine feathers
n. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
n. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
n. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
词型变化:名词复数形式 : downs ; 现在分词 : downing ; 过去式 : downed ; 第三人称单数 : downs ; 过去分词 : downed
考试类型:[中考/高考/托福/GRE]
词性分布:
副词87%
介词10%
名词1%
形容词1%
动词1%

down的用法和样例:

例句

用作副词(adv.)
  1. Please sit down.请坐下。
用作介词(prep.)
  1. He is walking down the seaside.他正沿海边走去。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I've been feeling down since I lost my job.自从失去工作後,我的情绪一直处於低潮。
  2. She's terribly down on people who don't do things her way.她对不按她的要求做事的人十分不满。
用作名词(n.)
  1. A quilt stuffed with the down of the eider duck.这条被子是用绒鸭毛做芯子的。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Antiaircraft guns downed three bombers.高射炮击落了三架轰炸机。
  2. He downed his opponent with a quick right to the jaw.他迅速准确击中对手的下颌而把他击倒。
  3. The Dodgers downed the Mets in last night's game.在昨晚比赛中道杰斯队击败了梅兹队。
  4. Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal.有些人一顿饭就可以吞吃许多肉。
  5. I don't think her regret will down.我认为她的悔恨不会消除。

常见句型

用作副词(adv.)
  1. The man bent down to kiss the child.那男人俯下身子去亲吻小孩。
  2. It's very early, and no one is down yet.时间太早,楼下还没有人。
  3. Don't let the fire burn down.别让火熄灭。
  4. I wish you would turn the radio down a bit.我真希望你能把收音机的音量调低一些。
  5. The military government had kept the people down for many years.军政府压制人民很多年了。
  6. That family has certainly come down in the world.那个家族确实衰落了。
  7. Once a very rich man, he is now down and out and must depend upon his friends for help.他曾是一个很富的人,现在完全潦倒了,必须靠朋友周济。
  8. Don't be down on him.不要对他有偏见。
  9. Wheat is down over 10 percent.小麦跌价一成多。
  10. He is down with a cold.他患了伤风。
用作介词(prep.)
  1. Their house is down the hill.他们的房子在山下。
  2. His office is down the stair.他的办公室在楼下。
  3. He looked down the barrel of the gun.他顺着枪管往另一端看。
  4. The story came down the ages.这个故事从古代流传至今。
  5. He looked back down the last year.他回顾了去年的情景。
  6. The tears trickled down her cheeks.热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。
  7. I saw him walking down the street.我看见他在沿着街走。
  8. They hired a boat and went for a row down the river.他们租了条小船,划向河的下游。
  9. The movement spread down the Rhine.这运动沿着莱茵河往下游地区蔓延开来。
  10. I am just going down the shops.我正要去商店。
  11. He always looks down the column of the TV program in the newspaper before he starts reading the news.在阅读报上的新闻以前,他总是先把电视节目栏从头到尾看一遍。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. Cast a down look!向下看!
  2. He walked to the elevator and pushed the down button.他走到电梯旁按了一下“向下”的按钮。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. We felt very down after the party was over .舞会结束后我们甚感沮丧。
  2. I feel down today.我今天感到沮丧。
  3. He was down by 15:40 in the third game.在第3局中他以15比40输给对方。
  4. The student reported to his parents on his exams:five down and two to go.那个学生向他父母汇报考试情况:已考完五科,还剩两科。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. He felt down about his failure.他对自己的失败感到沮丧。
S+be+~+that-clause
  1. He was so down that he didn't want to live any longer.他情绪低落以至于不想活了。

词汇搭配

用作介词 (prep.)
动词+~
  • belt down在…上迅速移动
  • cast down把…投向…
  • draw down沿着…向下拉
  • drive down沿着…向下开
  • flow down沿着…向下流
  • get down沿…往下走
  • go down沿…下来
  • jump down顺…向下跳
  • look down沿…向下看
  • pass down沿着…走下
  • ram down把某物沿…塞下
  • roll down沿…向下滚
  • slide down沿…(表面)下滑
  • throw down沿…向下抛
  • walk down沿…走
  • force down sb's throat强行灌输
~+名词
  • down the drain浪费,消失
  • down the line完全
  • down the street沿街道
  • down the wind顺风

经典引文

  • Little, lost, Down churches praise The Lord who made the hills.

    出自:R. Kipling
  • Baby pigeons covered with yellow down.

    出自:L. MacNeice
  • The index spent most of the morning on the down.

    出自:Times
  • He talked of one whom he did not know, but I downed him with the King of Prussia.

    出自:S. Johnson
  • His horse..had downed him three times.

    出自:R. S. Surtees
  • The American fighters reported downing 110 of the Nazi interceptors.

    出自:Sun (Baltimore)
  • London Lords downed Kitchener Oaks 31s14 yesterday.

    出自:Globe Mail (Toronto)
  • Downed trees with their roots..sticking high in the air.

    出自:New Yorker
  • The bamboo blinds were pulled down.

    出自:O. Manning
  • She looked down at her plate.

    出自:C. P. Snow
  • I go up and down like a seesaw.

    出自:M. Roberts
  • For two-and-a-half hours, up hill, down dale, they had been rushing through cold scenery.

    出自:E. Bowen
  • I came down the steps.

    出自:M. Amis
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