Word · Frequency #102
downs
击倒；打倒；撞倒
downs is the third person singular of down.
to knock someone or something down; to cause to fall
- 1.
To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
击倒(某人或某物)；使倒下；砍倒。
- 2.
To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
用羽绒覆盖、装饰、衬里或填充
- 3.
To lower; to put (something) down.
降低；放下(某物)。
- 4.
To defeat; to overpower.
击败；压倒。
- 5.
To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
将(球)击入洞中。
放下；降低；压下；打败；战胜；压倒；将（球）打入洞（或袋）；用绒羽覆盖（或填满）；击倒(某人或某物)；使倒下；砍倒。
In use
The factory downs its premium jackets with high-quality goose feathers.
She downed the comfortable cushions using soft duck feathers.
They are downing the new duvet right now to prepare it for winter.
Verb forms
base down · third person downs · -ing downing · past downed · past participle downed
Connections
Collocations
- down tools
- 放下工具；罢工
- The workers downed tools and refused to continue.工人们放下工具，拒绝继续工作。
- down a tree
- 砍倒一棵树
- They downed the dead tree before it could fall on the house.他们砍倒了那棵枯树，免得它砸到房子。
- down an enemy plane
- 击落敌机
- The fighter pilot downed two enemy planes in one mission.这名战斗机飞行员在一次任务中击落了两架敌机。
- down an opponent
- 击败对手
- She downed her opponent in straight sets.她直落两盘击败了对手。
- down a putt
- 推球入洞
- He downed the putt to win the championship.他推杆入洞，赢得了冠军。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
down 作动词：想象拳头向下猛击，把对手击倒——击倒、砍倒、放下、击败都含‘向下’动作。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：体育比赛、新闻报道、朋友交谈、纺织加工 作动词时，down 的语气随搭配和场景变化：口语或新闻中多表示“击倒、使落下”，体育中可表示“将球击入洞/袋”，纺织语境则表示“用羽绒填充”。通常不属于正式书面语，具体使用要看搭配和语境。
Grammar Note
作为动词常表‘快速喝下’或‘击倒’，后接宾语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 down (/daʊn/) 押韵，重读元音都是 /aʊ/，并以 /n/ 结尾：town、brown、crown、frown、clown、gown。注意不要与形近的 done /dʌn/、dawn /dɔːn/、dune /djuːn/ 混淆，它们的读音与 down 不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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