Downward
['daʊnwəd] or ['daʊnwɚd]
解释:
(adj.) on or toward a surface regarded as a base; 'he lay face downward'; 'the downward pull of gravity' .
吉纳维芙校对--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) Alt. of Downwards
(a.) Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
(a.) Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
(a.) Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.
整理:萨莎
同义词及近义词:
ad. Down, in a descending course.
整理:纳撒尼尔
例句:
- The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I was on my downward way then, but the dreary, dreary road I have traversed since! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- With one mighty downward surge I swept him clear of the deck. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- His face was bent downward, his shoulders bowed, his lips compressed, and the veins stood out like whipcord in his long, sinewy neck. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- If his progress downward had been attended with difficulties and uncertainty, his journey back was infinitely more perplexing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- After writing the original place it face downward on the pad, and rub it gently with the hand to insure contact at every point. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When the piston moves downward as in (3), the valve in the pipe closes by its own weight, and the air in the cylinder escapes through the valve in the plunger. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- She raised her clenched hand high, and brought it down, with a great downward stroke on to the face and on to the breast of Gerald. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- The water which thus passes into the humus and the soil beneath does not remain there, but slowly seeps downward, and finally after weeks and months emerges at a lower level as a stream. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- On the leveling strips at the extreme side of where the bed is to lie, a 3 x 1-inch maple strip is laid, widest side downward, with its finished one-inch edge nearest to the gutter. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He could not bear to meet the uncanny, downward look of Gerald's blue eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Ursula resented Hermione's long, grave, downward-looking face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Mr Milvey thought this a man with a very odd manner, and a dark downward look; but he answered in his usual open way. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Replacing his javelin, he resumed his seat, bent his looks downward, and appeared to be absorbed in melancholy reflection. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Then a passage was opened between the boiler and the upper end of the piston, which was consequently pushed downward, and then the steam was again allowed to escape. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The splint machines were for slitting a block of wood of the proper height downward nearly the whole way into match splints, leaving their butts in the solid wood. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Never to return,' muttered D'Arnot, and threw himself face downward upon the cot. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- On the return the airship met with strong downward currents of air that bore it groundward until it was hidden by the tops of trees. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Let me get on my considering cap, sir,' replied that gentleman, turning the open book face downward. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- There was a crashing crack and a downward stab of yellow in the dark. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The sandy ground, shelving downward from where we sat, was lost mysteriously in the outward layers of the fog. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To give the ship an upward or a downward movement the plane on which the ship rests was provided with a weight adapted to slip back and forth on a cable underneath the balloon shell. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Also, she says there is no pain and you must simply press firmly below the ear and draw it downward. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Both these types of escalators can be made to move up or down by aid of a swinging switch, or two of them can be placed side by side, one moving upward and the other downward. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The water forced into the air chamber by the downward-moving piston compresses the air and increases its pressure. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- As a result _M_ moves downward, and thereby induces rotation in the large wheel _L_. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Presently our downward motion ceased, and I could hear the propellers swirling through the water at our stern and forcing us ahead at high speed. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
整理:纳撒尼尔