English Dictionary

down

/daʊn/

adj

Facing downwards. / At a lower level than before. / (informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low. / (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill. / Having a lower score than an opponent.

The airplane is flying upside down.

意味（1）

Facing downwards.

Turn the cloth over so that the patterned side is down.

意味（2）

At a lower level than before.

The stock market is down.

意味（3）

(informal) Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.

意味（4）

(normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.

He is down with the flu.

意味（5）

Having a lower score than an opponent.

They are down by 3–0 with just 5 minutes to play.

意味（6）

(baseball, cricket, colloquial, following the noun modified) Out.

Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.

意味（7）

(colloquial, with "on") Negative about; hostile to.

Ever since Carter, I've been down on Democrats.

意味（8）

(Canada, US, slang) Comfortable with, accepting of.

He's chill enough; he'd probably be totally down with it.

意味（9）

(not comparable) Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

The system is down.

意味（10）

Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

Two down and three to go.

意味（11）

(not comparable, military, law enforcement, slang, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.

We have an officer down outside the suspect's house.

意味（12）

(not comparable, military, aviation, slang, of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

We have a chopper down near the river.

意味（13）

Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)

It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.

意味（14）

(obsolete) Downright; absolute; positive.

This, he muſt give me leave to tell him, is an abſolute, right down—falſehood.

意味（15）

(African-American Vernacular, slang) Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.

my homies is down so don't arouse my anger