down

(American football) a complete play to advance the football

（美式足球）促进足球发展的完整比赛

you have four downs to gain ten yards

你有四次机会获得十码

soft fine feathers

柔软的细羽毛

down feather

fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

细软而浓密的毛发（如牛、鹿的细毛、绵羊的毛或某些狗的绒毛）

pile

(usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

（通常复数）没有树木的起伏高地，土壤很少

improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

通过修剪或抛光改善或完善

refine one's style of writing

改进文风

polish

refine

fine-tune

bring down or defeat (an opponent)

击倒或击败（对手）

eat immoderately

乱吃

Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

有些人一顿饭能吃下一磅肉

devour

consume

go through

drink down entirely

完全喝下去

He downed three martinis before dinner

他饭前喝了三杯马提尼酒

She killed a bottle of brandy that night

那天晚上她喝了一瓶白兰地

They popped a few beer after work

他们下班后喝了几杯啤酒

toss off

pop

bolt down

belt down

pour down

drink down

kill

cause to come or go down

因为来或去

The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect

警察击落了全副武装的嫌疑犯

The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

那位老太太拒绝交出钱包，把她撞倒了

knock down

cut down

push down

pull down

shoot at and force to come down

射击并迫使他下来

the enemy landed sral of our aircraft

敌人击落了我们的几架飞机

shoot down

land

not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

不起作用（暂时或长期）

we can't work because the comr is down

我们不能工作，因为电脑坏了

shut

关闭

the shades were down

窗帘掉了

understood perfectly

完全理解

had his algebra problems down

把他的代数问题解决了

down pat(p)

mastered

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

处于或移动的位置较低或价值较低的

lay face down

面朝下躺下

the moon is down

月亮落下了

our team is down by a run

我们队落后了

down by a pawn

被当兵

the stock market is down today

今天股市下跌了

spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower ll or position

从高到低的空间或隐喻的

don't fall down

不要摔倒

rode the lift up and skied down

乘电梯上下滑行

prices plunged downward

价格暴跌

downwards

downward

downwardly

away from a more central or a more northerly place

远离中心或偏北的地方

was sent down to work at the regional office

被派去地区办事处工作

worked down on the farm

在农场干活

came down for the wedding

来参加婚礼

flew down to Florida

飞到佛罗里达

paid in cash at time of purchase

购买时以支付

put ten dollars down on the necklace

把十美元放在项链上

in an inactive or inoperative state

处于非活动或不工作状态

the factory went down during the strike

期间工厂倒闭了

the comr went down again

电脑又坏了

to a lower intensity

低强度

he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black

他慢慢地把灯光调低，直到舞全变黑

from an earlier time

以前的

the story was passed down from father to son

这个故事由父亲传给儿子