down
- adv.向下;(坐、倒、躺)下;到，去，在;下降;减少，减弱，降低;下跌;在下面;朝下;下至，直至;失去（钱数）;（写）在纸上;（钱）先付，预付;由上至下;在较低水平;向南方;已完成数量（或进度）
- prep.(从高处)向下，往下;沿着;顺着;朝着;贯穿…时间;遍及…时期
- vt.使倒下;击倒;(一下子)喝下，吃下，咽下
- adj.停机;沮丧;停止运行;情绪低落;悲哀
- n.绒毛;软毛;汗毛;(鸟的)绒羽;进攻分段，10码进攻(球队可向前推进10码持球进攻的四次机会。球队在连续四次进攻中失球或未能推进10码即不能继续)
复数： downs 过去式： downed 现在分词： downing 过去分词： downed 第三人称单数： downs
downadv.
向下；朝下；在下面
to or at a lower place or position
She jumped down off the chair.
她跳下椅子。
He looked down at her.
他低头看着她。
We watched as the sun went down.
我们看着夕阳西沉。
She bent down to pick up her glove.
她俯身去捡手套。
Mary's not down yet (= she is still upstairs) .
玛丽还没下楼呢。
The baby can't keep any food down (= in her body) .
这婴儿吃什么吐什么。
（坐、倒、躺）下
from a standing or vertical position to a sitting or horizontal one
Please sit down.
请坐。
He had to go and lie down for a while.
他不得不去躺一会儿。
在较低水平；下降；下跌
at a lower level or rate
Prices have gone down recently.
最近物价下降了。
We're already two goals down (= the other team has two goals more) .
我们已落后对方两球。
（数量、力量、活动等）减少，减弱，降低
used to show that the amount or strength of sth is lower, or that there is less activity
Turn the music down!
把音乐声关小点！
The class settled down and she began the lesson.
全班安静下来她便开始上课了。
由上至下
reading from top to bottom, not from side to side
I can't do 3 down.
我填不出第3个竖行。
向南方；在南方
to or in the south of a country
They flew down to Texas.
他们乘飞机南下去得克萨斯了。
Houses are more expensive down south.
南边的房屋价格要贵些。
（写）在纸上；（列）在表格上
on paper; on a list
Did you get that down?
你写下来了吗？
I always write everything down.
我不管什么事情都记下来。
Have you got me down for the trip?
你把我列入这次旅行的名单了吗？
（表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至
used to show the limits in a range or an order
Everyone will be there, from the Principal down.
从校长下至每个人都将到场。
失去（钱数）
having lost the amount of money mentioned
At the end of the day we were £20 down.
一天下来我们少了20英镑。
（钱）先付，预付
if you pay an amount of money down , you pay that to start with, and the rest later
已完成数量（或进度）
used to say how far you have got in a list of things you have to do
Well, I've seen six apartments so far. That's six down and four to go!
好啦，到目前为止我已看了六套公寓房。看完六套还有四套要去看呢！
到，去，在（当地的商店、酒馆等地方）
to or at a local place such as a shop/store, pub, etc.
I'm just going down to the post office.
我正要到那边的邮局去。
I saw him down at the shops.
我刚才看到他在那边的商店里。
He's gone down the shops.
to be the responsibility of sb
检查门是否关好是你的事。
It's down to you to check the door.
to be caused by a particular person or thing
她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。
She claimed her problems were down to the media.
to have only a little money left
我只剩下最后一块钱了。
I'm down to my last dollar.
to have or catch an illness
during a long period of time
这些年来这座城市发生了许多变化。
Down through the years this town has seen many changes.
to or in Australia and/or New Zealand
used to say that you are opposed to sth, or to a person
人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！”
The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’
a person who is determined or wants sth very much will succeed
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（从高处）向下，往下
from a high or higher point on sth to a lower one
The stone rolled down the hill.
石头滚下山坡。
Tears ran down her face.
泪水顺着她的脸庞流下来。
Her hair hung down her back to her waist.
她的长发披在背上直垂腰际。
沿着；顺着；朝着
along; towards the direction in which you are facing
He lives just down the street.
他就住在街那头。
Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights.
沿着这条路一直走到红绿灯处。
There's a bridge a mile down the river from here.
从这里沿河而下一英里处有座桥。
贯穿…时间；遍及…时期
all through a period of time
an exhibition of costumes down the ages (= from all periods of history)
历代服装展览
verb
（一下子）喝下，吃下，咽下
to finish a drink or eat sth quickly
We downed our coffees and left.
我们一口气喝完咖啡就离开了。
使倒下；击倒
to force sb/sth down to the ground
to down a plane
击落一架飞机
to stop work; to go on strike
adj.
悲哀；沮丧；情绪低落
sad or depressed
I feel a bit down today.
我今天有点闷闷不乐。
停机；停止运行
not working
The system was down all morning.
系统整个上午都无法运行。
to continue to hurt sb when they are already defeated
to continue to hurt sb when they are already defeated, etc.
to have no money because of a period of bad luck
unhappy and depressed
noun
（鸟的）绒羽，绒毛
the very fine soft feathers of a bird
duck down
鸭绒
绒毛；软毛；汗毛
fine soft hair
进攻分段，10码进攻（球队可向前推进10码持球进攻的四次机会。球队在连续四次进攻中失球或未能推进10码即不能继续）
one of a series of four chances to carry the ball forward ten yards that a team is allowed. These series continue until the team loses the ball or fails to go forward ten yards in four downs .
to have a bad opinion of a person or thing
the mixture of good and bad things in life or in a particular situation or relationship
down
PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES 介词和副词用法
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Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as ‘fall’ and ‘pull’, and also in phrasal verbs such as ‘bring down’ and ‘calm down’.
down 常与 fall，pull 等表示动作的动词连用，也用于 bring down, calm down 等短语动词中。
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PREP 往…的下端;向…的底部
To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level.We're going down a mountain...
我们正在下山。
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PREP 在…之下
If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face...
他设法紧紧地攀在了距岩壁顶端 40 英尺的岩礁上。
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ADV 往下;向下;朝下
You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is towards the ground or towards a lower level.She was still looking down at her papers...
她仍低头看着文件。
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ADV (放)下
If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.Danny put down his glass...
丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
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PREP 沿;循;顺
If you go or look down something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are down a road or river, you are somewhere along it.They set off at a jog up one street and down another...
他们开始沿着一条又一条的街道慢跑。
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ADV (尤指往南方或往地势低的地方)往，朝
If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going down to that place, especially if you are going towards the south or to a lower level of land.I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle...
我从西雅图一路南下到洛杉矶。
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PREP 在(某处);前往（某地）
If you are down a place, you are at that place. If you go down a place, you go to that place. Some people consider this to be non-standard.People are down the pub, getting drunk...
人们在酒吧，喝得烂醉。
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ADV 向较低水平;下降;下跌
If an amount of something goes down, it decreases. If an amount of something is down, it has decreased and is at a lower level than it was.Interest rates came down today...
今天利率下调了。
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PHRASE 已处理的及尚未完成的
If you say that there are a number of things down and a number to go, you are saying how many of the things have already been dealt with and how many remain to be dealt with.Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
过去了 13 个月，还有 24 年。
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PREP-PHRASE 下至;直至
Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person.I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
我是名不折不扣的军人。
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PREP-PHRASE 只剩下
If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.The poor man's down to his last £3.
那个可怜的人身上只剩 3 英镑了。
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PREP-PHRASE 由…引起(或造成)
If a situation is down to a particular person or thing, it has been caused by that person or thing.Any mistakes are entirely down to us...
任何过错全是我们造成的。
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PREP-PHRASE 已安排…的;要做…的;将发生…的
If someone or something is down for a particular thing, it has been arranged that they will do that thing, or that thing will happen.Mark had told me that he was down for an interview.
马克已告诉我他要参加一场面试。
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PREP-PHRASE 患（病）;得（病）
If you are down with an illness, you have that illness.One of the office girls was down with the flu.
一位女职员得了流感。
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PREP-PHRASE 支付（部分款项）
If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it.He paid 20 percent down.
他付了 20% 的钱款。
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PHRASE 打倒;推翻
If people shout 'down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them.Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.
示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
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up and down→ see:up
ADJECTIVE USES 形容词用法
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ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;闷闷不乐的;情绪低落的
If you are feeling down, you are feeling unhappy or depressed.I have been down since the injury happened...
自从受了伤以来我一直很沮丧。
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ADJ 写下的;记下的
If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper.That date wasn't down on our news sheet.
那个日期没有刊在我们的通讯简报上。
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ADJ (尤指电脑)死机的，发生故障的
If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working because of a fault.The computer's down again.
电脑又死机了。
VERB USES 动词用法
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VERB 吃下;喝下;吞下
If you say that someone downs food or a drink, you mean that they eat or drink it.We downed bottles of local wine.
我们喝了好几瓶本地产的葡萄酒。
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VERB 击倒;击落;打倒
If something or someone is downed, they fall to the ground because they have been hurt or damaged in some way.Two jet fighters were downed...
两架喷气式战斗机被击落。
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...the downing of an airliner, which killed 107 people.
一架飞机坠落，致使 107 人丧生
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见 tool.
to down tools see
NOUN USES 名词用法
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N-UNCOUNT (小鸟的)绒毛，绒羽
Down consists of the small, soft feathers on young birds. Down is used to make bed-covers and pillows....goose down.
鹅绒
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N-UNCOUNT 茸毛;绒毛;软毛;汗毛
Down is very fine hair.The whole plant is covered with fine down.
整株植物都覆盖着细茸毛。
noun
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- (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- you have four downs to gain ten yards
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- soft fine feathers
- Synonym: down feather
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- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
- Synonym: pile
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- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
verb
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- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- refine one's style of writing
- Synonym: polish refine fine-tune
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- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
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- eat immoderately
- Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
- Synonym: devour consume go through
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- drink down entirely
- He downed three martinis before dinner
- She killed a bottle of brandy that night
- They popped a few beer after work
- Synonym: toss off pop bolt down belt down pour down drink down kill
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- cause to come or go down
- The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
- The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
- Synonym: knock down cut down push down pull down
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- shoot at and force to come down
- the enemy landed several of our aircraft
- Synonym: shoot down land
adj
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- not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
- we can't work because the computer is down
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- shut
- the shades were down
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- understood perfectly
- had his algebra problems down
- Synonym: down pat(p) mastered
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- being or moving lower in position or less in some value
- lay face down
- the moon is down
- our team is down by a run
- down by a pawn
- the stock market is down today
adv
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- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
- don't fall down
- rode the lift up and skied down
- prices plunged downward
- Synonym: downwards downward downwardly
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- away from a more central or a more northerly place
- was sent down to work at the regional office
- worked down on the farm
- came down for the wedding
- flew down to Florida
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- paid in cash at time of purchase
- put ten dollars down on the necklace
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- in an inactive or inoperative state
- the factory went down during the strike
- the computer went down again
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- to a lower intensity
- he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black
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- from an earlier time
- the story was passed down from father to son
数据来源：WordNet
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Scroll down to the bottom of the document .
向下滚动到文件末尾。
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The beach shelved gently down to the water .
海滩缓缓地向下没入水中。
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Down through the years this town has seen many changes .
这些年来这座城市发生了许多变化。
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At the end of the day we were £ 20 down .
一天下来我们少了20英镑。
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They 've put their son down for the local school .
他们已经给儿子报名上当地的学校。
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The system was down all morning .
系统整个上午都无法运行。
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The name has come down from the last century .
这名称是从上个世纪流传下来的。
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She looks down on people who haven 't been to college .
她瞧不起没上过大学的人。
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We need to cut the article down to 1 000 words .
我们得把这篇文章压缩到1000字。
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Did you get that down ?
你写下来了吗？
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The computer system will be shut down over the weekend .
计算机系统周末关闭。
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You must slow down or you 'll make yourself ill .
你得松松劲，不然会累病的。
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Let 's get down to business .
咱们开始干正事吧。
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Put the cases down there , please .
请把箱子搁在那边。
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I 'll stop by and see you next time I 'm down your way .
下次我去你那一带时会顺道去看你的。
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Don 't come down too hard on her .
不要太严厉地责备她。
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Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle .
拿出一张纸，在中间画一条线。
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The industry may have to slim down even further .
这个行业可能还得进一步压缩。
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What 's the correct way to shut the machine down ?
这台机器该怎么关呢？
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Do you know the correct way to shut the machine down ?
你知道这台机器该怎么关吗？
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Two thousand is a nice round number ─ put that down .
两千是个不错的整数——记下吧。
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That comes a long way down my list of priorities .
在我非做不可的事情当中，那事较不重要。
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Put it down over there .
把东西放到那边去。
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We 've put down a 5 % deposit on the house .
我们已支付了房款的5%作为订金。
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We planned the day down to the last detail .
我们极为详细地安排了这一天的日程。
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He needed to be taken down a peg or two .
需要杀杀他的威风。
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She has a pain down her right side .
她身子右边疼。
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The suggestion didn 't go down very well with her boss .
她的老板对这个建议不太感兴趣。
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Let 's cut the crap and get down to business .
咱们别说废话了，开始干正事吧。
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Change down into second .
把车速调低到第二挡。
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