英:[daun tu: ðə ɡraund]
美:[daʊn tu ði ɡraʊnd]
英:[daun tu: ðə ɡraund]
美:[daʊn tu ði ɡraʊnd]
(非正式)在一切方面, 彻底地
adverb
toward or in a lower physical position Pull down the blind.
Don't look down.
as a down payment
paid $10 down
on paper
put down what he says
in a direction that is the opposite of up: such as
southward
traveled down to South Africa
to or toward a point away from the speaker or the speaker's point of reference
walked down to my neighbor's house
in or into the stomach
can't keep food down
to a lesser degree, level, or rate Try to calm down.
cool down tensions
to or toward a lower position in a series moved down in the pop charts
seems to be far down on their agenda
to or in a lower or worse condition or status
students held down by a lack of social support
—used to indicate thoroughness or completiondescribed him down to his haircut
dusted down the house
from a past time
stories passed down by word of mouth
to or in a state of less activity or prominence
scaled down our plans
to a concentrated state
got the report down to three pages
into defeat
voted the motion down
preposition
down (see down entry 1) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on write down the phone number down the years grew up down the block from each other pacing up and down the room
fell down the stairs
verb
transitive verb
to cause to go or come down (see down entry 1) : such as
to cause to fall by or as if by shooting : bring down sense 1
downed the enemy helicopter
consume sense 3
downing slices of pizza
football to cause (a ball) to be out of play
downed the ball at the five-yard line
defeat
down a proposal
intransitive verb
to go down
adjective
occupying a low positionspecifically: lying on the ground
down timber
lower in price
football not being in play because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play
The ball was down.
defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored)
down by two runs
baseball out
two down in the top of the third inning
reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity
a down economy
not operating or able to function
The computer is down.
depressed, dejectedalso: depressing a down movie
feeling a bit down
sick
down with flu
done, finished
eight down and two to go
completely mastered—often used with patgot the answers down pat
had her lines down
slang cool sense 7
a down dude
slang understanding or supportive of something or someone—usually used with with
trying to prove that they were down with hip-hop culture—J. E. White
being on record
you're down for two tickets
noun (1)
descent, depression the ups and downs of the business cycle
emotional ups and downs
an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)
a complete play to advance the ball
one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards
caught the ball on third down
chiefly British dislike, grudge
downer
physics a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -¹/₃ and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon
adverb
toward or in a lower physical position Pull down the blind.
Don't look down.
as a down payment
paid $10 down
on paper
put down what he says
in a direction that is the opposite of up: such as
southward
traveled down to South Africa
to or toward a point away from the speaker or the speaker's point of reference
walked down to my neighbor's house
in or into the stomach
can't keep food down
to a lesser degree, level, or rate Try to calm down.
cool down tensions
to or toward a lower position in a series moved down in the pop charts
seems to be far down on their agenda
to or in a lower or worse condition or status
students held down by a lack of social support
—used to indicate thoroughness or completiondescribed him down to his haircut
dusted down the house
from a past time
stories passed down by word of mouth
to or in a state of less activity or prominence
scaled down our plans
to a concentrated state
got the report down to three pages
into defeat
voted the motion down
noun (2)
an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil—usually used in plural
sheep grazing on the grassy downs
often capitalized a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England
preposition
down (see down entry 1) along, around, through, toward, in, into, or on write down the phone number down the years grew up down the block from each other pacing up and down the room
fell down the stairs
noun (3)
a covering of soft fluffy feathersalso: these feathers
goose down pillows
something soft and fluffy like down
a trace of down on his cheeks
verb
transitive verb
to cause to go or come down (see down entry 1) : such as
to cause to fall by or as if by shooting : bring down sense 1
downed the enemy helicopter
consume sense 3
downing slices of pizza
football to cause (a ball) to be out of play
downed the ball at the five-yard line
defeat
down a proposal
intransitive verb
to go down
noun (4)
down syndrome—usually used attributively
a Down baby
adjective
occupying a low positionspecifically: lying on the ground
down timber
lower in price
football not being in play because of wholly stopped progress or because the officials stop the play
The ball was down.
defeated or trailing an opponent (as in points scored)
down by two runs
baseball out
two down in the top of the third inning
reduced or low in activity, frequency, or intensity
a down economy
not operating or able to function
The computer is down.
depressed, dejectedalso: depressing a down movie
feeling a bit down
sick
down with flu
done, finished
eight down and two to go
completely mastered—often used with patgot the answers down pat
had her lines down
slang cool sense 7
a down dude
slang understanding or supportive of something or someone—usually used with with
trying to prove that they were down with hip-hop culture—J. E. White
being on record
you're down for two tickets
noun (1)
descent, depression the ups and downs of the business cycle
emotional ups and downs
an instance of putting down someone (such as an opponent in wrestling)
a complete play to advance the ball
one of a series of four attempts in American football or three attempts in Canadian football to advance the ball 10 yards
caught the ball on third down
chiefly British dislike, grudge
downer
physics a fundamental quark that has an electric charge of -¹/₃ and that is one of the constituents of a nucleon
noun (2)
an undulating usually treeless upland with sparse soil—usually used in plural
sheep grazing on the grassy downs
often capitalized a sheep of any breed originating in the downs of southern England
noun (3)
a covering of soft fluffy feathersalso: these feathers
goose down pillows
something soft and fluffy like down
a trace of down on his cheeks
noun (4)
down syndrome—usually used attributively
a Down baby
Adverb, Preposition, Verb, Adjective, and Noun (1) Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of), of off, from + dūne, dative of dūn hill Noun (2) Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn — see down >entry 1 Noun (3) Middle English doun, from Old Norse dūnn
The first known use of down was before the 12th century
down1 of 7noun
a rolling grassy upland—usually used in plural
down2 of 7adverb
toward or in a lower position
to a lying or sitting position
toward or to the ground, floor, or bottom
as a down payment
paid $10 down
in a direction opposite to up
add the numbers across and down
to or in a lower or worse condition
held down by a bad economy
from a past time
heirlooms that have been handed down
to or in a state of less activity
excitement died down
down3 of 7adjective
being in a low positionespecially: lying on the ground
directed or going downward
a down escalator
being at a lower level
sales are down
low in spirits : sad
feeling a bit down
sick sense 1a
down with flu
being finished or come to an end
eight down and two to go
down4 of 7preposition
down along : down through : down toward : down in : down into : down on
down the road
down5 of 7noun
a low or falling period
the ups and downs of life
one of a series of four plays that a football team gets to advance the ball ten yards
down6 of 7verb
to go or cause to go or come down
consume sense 3
to cause (a football) to be out of play
down7 of 7noun
a covering of soft fluffy feathers
something soft and fluffy like down
1 The children ran down the hill.
2 Mary's new job suits her down to the ground.
玛丽的新工作正合她的心意.
3 Go down the road and turn left.
4 The branches leaned down to the ground, heavy with the weight of the fruit.
累累的果实使枝头垂向地面.
5 This house will suit us down to the ground.
这所房子将会使我们十分满意.
6 The storm downed power lines throughout the city.
7 We grew up down the block from each other.
8 The branches hung down to the ground with the weight of the apples.
果实累累的苹果树枝低垂到地面.
9 The rope broke, and the elevator plunged down to the ground.
缆绳断了, 电梯猛然掉到地面上.
10 Lay down your book for a minute.
11 The window shades were down.
12 She fell down the stairs.
13 He knocked him down with one punch.
14 First intermission thoughts All things considered, the Panthers are probably fortunate to only be down one goal after the first 20 minutes.
15 Stocks are down again today.
16 a large number of downed power lines
17 She called down to her friends in the street below.
18 They handed Grandma Li down to the ground floor.
他们搀李奶奶下楼到底层去.
19 She took the down escalator.
20 I've found a job that suits me down to the ground.
我找到了一份工作,对我再合适不过了.
1 彻底
right-down down-the-line hundred-percent whole-hog best close sound perfect positive straight proper plain precious radical thorough intensive in-depth utter outright sweeping drastic downright exhaustive searching resounding all-out hard-core ingrained out-and-out thoroughgoing unutterable dyed-in-the-wool straight-out veriest deep-dyed thorough-paced thoroughpaced through right home completely cold properly deeply thoroughly stiff hollow drastically radically soundly scrupulously inly arrantly thoroughness utterness to the last man to fingertips to the fingertips to the marrow from A to Z to the nail like a brick like bricks up to the hilt up to armpits au fond to the bottom once and for all inside out in depth to the core to the bone from head to toe from the ground up like a book from head to foot out and out in grain like a ton of bricks good regular strict arrant well purely richly bone to the world to the root till all is blue neck and crop to the backbone by the root to sticks to the tips of fingers all to pieces do up brown complete total square blank intimate sheer up out quite clear clean fair flat Pat roundly ex- all ends up root and branch every inch through and through
2 在各方面
3 彻底地
through right home completely cold properly deeply thoroughly stiff hollow outright drastically radically downright soundly scrupulously inly arrantly to the last man to fingertips to the fingertips to the marrow from A to Z to the nail like a brick like bricks up to the hilt up to armpits au fond to the bottom once and for all inside out to the core to the bone from the ground up like a book out and out like a ton of bricks well purely richly bone to the world to the root neck and crop by the root to the tips of fingers up out quite clear clean flat sheer roundly all ends up in depth through and through
4 完全地
right down enough clear wide completely fully cold dead fairly entirely altogether sheer stiff purely hollow utterly wholly outright stark roundly to the ground to the world to the teeth at great length from alpha to omega to the tips of fingers to the nines at full length all up out very full quite fast clean solid absolutely flat perfectly plain slap downright richly over- at all points bag and baggage every whit up to the hilt and sinker all ends up a hundred per cent to the eyeballs to the full to perfection through and through hand and foot for keeps well and truly
5 完全
all very even full complete whole perfect clear total clean entire round positive square dead rank comprehensive universal blank precious utter outright accomplished downright exhaustive consummate plumb full-scale plenary unadulterated unabridged out-and-out thoroughgoing teetotal diametric thoroughpaced up right down enough quite wide finally completely fully cold fairly entirely altogether sheer stiff purely hollow utterly wholly bodily stark roundly completion entirety fullness totality in life to the ground to the world every bit all one for fair to the teeth at great length from head to foot out and out from alpha to omega over head and ears up to the handle dyed in the wool to the tips of fingers to the nines neck and crop all to pieces at full length all the way along the line body and breeches all to a piece veriest sound simple regular fair proper pure integrate absolute strict thorough integral sovereign unconditional well-rounded abysmal crass undiluted unreserved unalloyed thorough-paced plenty spang out just fast simply solid absolutely flat perfectly plain strictly slap richly holo- plenitude cata- ex- be- over- de- per- at all points bag and baggage every whit up to the hilt and sinker a hundred per cent all ends up from top to toe to the eyeballs in the world in nature every inch to the full to perfection from head to toe through and through head over heels hand and foot for keeps well and truly
6 十分地
very home full quite clear fully perfectly broad wholly richly satisfactorily roundly abysmally vera gey consumedly in its fullness to the limit to the teeth like a book