English Dictionary

down

IPA（発音記号）

/daʊn/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法 口語 自動詞 廃用 稀用 カナダ英語

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. / (transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

日本語の意味

（誰かや何かを）倒す、打ち倒す / （空中のものを）地面に落とす、撃墜する

The boxer aimed to down his rival with a single blow.

そのボクサーは一発で相手を倒すことを狙った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.

意味（2）

(transitive) Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).

The helicopter was downed by a surface-to-air missile.

意味（3）

(transitive) To lower; to put (something) down.

The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To defeat; to overpower.

To down proud hearts that would not willing die.

意味（5）

(transitive, colloquial) To disparage; to put down.

‘I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the Wits, once at our House, – when they talked of Ghosts.’

意味（6）

(intransitive, rare or obsolete) To go or come down; to descend.

...that is, that the trade of the world is too little for us two, therefore one must down.

意味（7）

(transitive, colloquial) To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

He downed an ale and ordered another.

意味（8）

(transitive, American football, Canadian football) To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

He downed it at the seven-yard line.

意味（9）

(transitive, golf, pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

He downed two balls on the break.

downs （ present singular third-person ）

downing （ participle present ）

downed （ participle past ）

downed （ past ）