down to the ground如何读

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down to the ground是什么意思

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down to the ground英英释义

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

down to the ground词源英文解释

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

down to the ground儿童词典英英释义

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

down to the ground 例句

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.

down to the ground 同义词

down to the ground 短语相关

make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine upside down plonk down shoot down lie down on the job mow down back down force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat bog down make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine

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