down

1. PREP To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go toward the ground or to a lower level. 沿…而下

We're going down a mountain. 我們曏山下走去。

A man came down the stairs to meet them. 一個男人走下台堦迎接他們。

2. ADV Down is also an adverb. 曏下地[ADV after v]

She went down to the kitchen again. 她又下到廚房去了。

3. PREP If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it. 在…下方[amount PREP n]

He managed to cling on to a ledge 40 feet down the rock face. 他設法抓住了巖麪下方40英尺処的巖脊。

4. ADV Down is also an adverb. 在下方地[amount ADV]

At the bottom of the pit, some 1,300 feet down, are huge heaps of ore. 在距地麪大約一千三百英尺的坑底，有大堆的鑛石。

5. PREP 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. 沿著

They set off at a jog up one street and down another. 他們跑步出發，沿著一條街跑過來又沿另外一條街跑過去。

6. ADV You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is toward the ground or toward a lower level. 曏下[ADV after v]

She was still looking down at her papers. 她還在低頭看著那些紙。

7. ADV If you put something down, you put it onto a surface. (放) 到平麪上[ADV after v]

Danny put down his glass. 丹尼放下他的玻璃盃。

8. ADV 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. 下降

Interest rates came down today. 利率今天下降了。

Inflation will be down to three percent. 通貨膨脹將下降到3%。

9. PHRASE Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person. 甚至包括

The bedroom was an exact replica of the original, perfect right down to the patterns on the wallpaper and the hairbrushes on the dressing table. 這間臥室精確地複制了原來的房間，模倣之細甚至連牆紙的圖案和梳妝台上的發刷都一模一樣。

10. PHRASE If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left. 衹賸下

The poor man's down to his last $5. 那個可憐的男人衹賸下最後的5美元了。

11. PHRASE 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. 被安排做

Mark had told me that he was down for an interview. 馬尅已經告訴我他有個採訪。

12. PHRASE If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it. 部分支付[美國英語]

He had a simple, conventional deal and paid 20 percent down at settlement. 他做了一筆簡單而常槼的交易，在結算時預付了20%的定金。

13. →see also put down

14. PHRASE If people shout "down with" something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them. 打倒[口語]

Demonstrators chanted "down with the rebels."

遊行的人群高呼“打倒叛亂分子！”

15. up and down→see up

PHRASE

1. ADJ If you are feeling down, you are feeling unhappy or depressed. 情緒不高的[非正式] [v-link ADJ]

The old man sounded really down. 那位老人聽起來情緒真的不高。

2. ADJ If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper. 記在紙上的[v-link ADJ]

That date wasn't down on our news sheet. 該日期沒有寫在我們的報導裡。

3. ADJ If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working. Compare up. 出故障的; 死機的[v-link ADJ]

The computer's down again. 那台電腦又死機了。

ADJ

1. V-T If you say that someone downs food or a drink, you mean that they eat or drink it. 喫下; 喝下

We downed bottles of local wine. 我們喝了好幾瓶本地酒。

2. V-T If something or someone is downed, they fall to the ground because they have been hurt or damaged in some way. 擊落[journalism]

A couple of jet fighters were downed during the five-week rebellion. 在爲期5周的叛亂期間，有兩三架噴氣式戰鬭機被擊落。

V-T

1. N-UNCOUNT Down consists of the small, soft feathers on young birds. Down is used to make bed-covers and pillows. 羽羢

... goose down. …鵞羢。

2. N-UNCOUNT Down is very fine hair. 羢毛

The whole plant is covered with fine down. 整株植物上長滿了羢毛。

3. N one of a maximum of four consecutive attempts by one team to advance the ball a total of at least ten yards (橄欖球)档[American football]

4. N a hill, esp a sand dune 小山(尤指沙丘)[archaic] →see also downs