DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.175
Search for:
Search type:
Return Definitions
Match headwords exactly
Match prefixes
Match prefixes (skip, count)
Match substring occurring anywhere in a headword
Match suffixes
POSIX 1003.2 (modern) regular expressions
Old (basic) regular expressions
Match using SOUNDEX algorithm
Match headwords within Levenshtein distance one
Match separate words within headwords
Match the first word within headwords
Match the last word within headwords
Database:
Any
First match
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
DICT.TW 注音查詢、中文輸入法字典
Taiwan MOE computer dictionary
Network Terminology
MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典
Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
WordNet (r) 2.0
Elements database 20001107
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
▼
[Show options]
[
Pronunciation
] [
Help
] [
Database Info
] [
Server Info
]
2 definitions found
From:
DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
down with
打倒;把…拿下
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Down
,
adv.
1.
In
the
direction
of
gravity
or
toward
the
center
of
the
earth
;
toward
or
in
a
lower
place
or
position
;
below
; --
the
opposite
of
up
.
2.
Hence
,
in
many
derived
uses
,
as
:
(a)
From
a
higher
to
a
lower
position
,
literally
or
figuratively
;
in
a
descending
direction
;
from
the
top
of
an
ascent
;
from
an
upright
position
;
to
the
ground
or
floor
;
to
or
into
a
lower
or
an
inferior
condition
;
as
,
into
a
state
of
humility
,
disgrace
,
misery
,
and
the
like
;
into
a
state
of
rest
; --
used
with
verbs
indicating
motion
.
It
will
be
rain
to-night
.
Let
it
come
down
.
--
Shak
.
I
sit
me
down
beside
the
hazel
grove
.
--
Tennyson
.
And
that
drags
down
his
life
.
--
Tennyson
.
There
is
not
a
more
melancholy
object
in
the
learned
world
than
a
man
who
has
written
himself
down
.
--
Addison
.
The
French
. . .
shone
down
[
i
.
e
.,
outshone
]
the
English
.
--
Shak
.
(b)
In
a
low
or
the
lowest
position
,
literally
or
figuratively
;
at
the
bottom
of
a
descent
;
below
the
horizon
;
on
the
ground
;
in
a
condition
of
humility
,
dejection
,
misery
,
and
the
like
;
in
a
state
of
quiet
.
I
was
down
and
out
of
breath
.
--
Shak
.
The
moon
is
down
;
I
have
not
heard
the
clock
.
--
Shak
.
He
that
is
down
needs
fear
no
fall
.
--
Bunyan
.
3.
From
a
remoter
or
higher
antiquity
.
Venerable
men
!
you
have
come
down
to
us
from
a
former
generation
.
--
D
.
Webster
.
4.
From
a
greater
to
a
less
bulk
,
or
from
a
thinner
to
a
thicker
consistence
;
as
,
to
boil
down
in
cookery
,
or
in
making
decoctions
.
Note:
☞
Down
is
sometimes
used
elliptically
,
standing
for
go
down
,
come
down
,
tear
down
,
take
down
,
put
down
,
haul
down
,
pay
down
,
and
the
like
,
especially
in
command
or
exclamation
.
Down
,
therefore
,
and
beg
mercy
of
the
duke
.
--
Shak
.
If
he
be
hungry
more
than
wanton
,
bread
alone
will
down
.
--
Locke
.
Down
is
also
used
intensively
;
as
,
to
be
loaded
down
;
to
fall
down
;
to
hang
down
;
to
drop
down
;
to
pay
down
.
The
temple
of
Her
è
at
Argos
was
burnt
down
.
--
Jowett
(Thucyd.).
Down
,
as
well
as
up
,
is
sometimes
used
in
a
conventional
sense
;
as
,
down
East
.
Persons
in
London
say
down
to
Scotland
,
etc
.,
and
those
in
the
provinces
,
up
to
London
.
--
Stormonth
.
Down helm
Naut.
,
an
order
to
the
helmsman
to
put
the
helm
to
leeward
.
Down on
or
Down upon
(
joined
with
a
verb
indicating
motion
,
as
go
,
come
,
pounce
),
to
attack
,
implying
the
idea
of
threatening
power
.
Come
down
upon
us
with
a
mighty
power
.
--
Shak
.
--
Down with
,
take
down
,
throw
down
,
put
down
; --
used
in
energetic
command
,
often
by
people
aroused
in
crowds
,
referring
to
people
,
laws
,
buildings
,
etc
.;
as
,
down with
the
king
!
“
Down
with
the
palace
;
fire
it.”
--
Dryden
.
To be down on
,
to
dislike
and
treat
harshly
. [
Slang
, U.S.]
To cry down
.
See
under
Cry
,
v. t.
To cut down
.
See
under
Cut
,
v. t.
Up and down
,
with
rising
and
falling
motion
;
to
and
fro
;
hither
and
thither
;
everywhere
.
“Let
them
wander
up
and
down
.”
--
Ps
.
lix
. 15.
DICT.TW
About DICT.TW
•
Contact Webmaster
•
Index
•
Links