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. 我们向山下走去。

A man came down the stairs to meet them. 一个男人走下台阶迎接他们。

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

She went down to the kitchen again. 她又下到厨房去了。

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. 他设法抓住了岩面下方40英尺处的岩脊。

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. 在距地面大约一千三百英尺的坑底，有大堆的矿石。

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. 沿着

They set off at a jog up one street and down another. 他们跑步出发，沿着一条街跑过来又沿另外一条街跑过去。

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. 向下[ADV after v]

She was still looking down at her papers. 她还在低头看着那些纸。

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

Danny put down his glass. 丹尼放下他的玻璃杯。

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. 通货膨胀将下降到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. 这间卧室精确地复制了原来的房间，模仿之细甚至连墙纸的图案和梳妆台上的发刷都一模一样。

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

The poor man's down to his last $5. 那个可怜的男人只剩下最后的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. 马克已经告诉我他有个采访。

12. PHRASE If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it. 部分支付[美国英语]

He had a simple, conventional deal and paid 20 percent down at settlement. 他做了一笔简单而常规的交易，在结算时预付了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[口语]

Demonstrators chanted "down with the rebels."

游行的人群高呼“打倒叛乱分子！”

15. up and down→see up

PHRASE

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

The old man sounded really down. 那位老人听起来情绪真的不高。

2. ADJ If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper. 记在纸上的[v-link ADJ]

That date wasn't down on our news sheet. 该日期没有写在我们的报导里。

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

The computer's down again. 那台电脑又死机了。

ADJ

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

We downed bottles of local wine. 我们喝了好几瓶本地酒。

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

A couple of jet fighters were downed during the five-week rebellion. 在为期5周的叛乱期间，有两三架喷气式战斗机被击落。

V-T

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

... goose down. …鹅绒。

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

The whole plant is covered with fine down. 整株植物上长满了绒毛。

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

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