| 词汇 | down with (an illness) |
| 释义 | down with (an illness)Sick with a particular illness, which is named after "with." I've been down with the flu all week and have barely gotten out of bed. Down withsomeone or something! Do away with someone or something!; I am opposed to someone or something! Down with higher taxes! Down with corporate tax breaks! Down with tyrants! *down with a diseaseill; sick at home. (Can be said about many diseases. *Typically: be ~; Come ~; get~.) Tom isn't here. He's down with a cold. Sally is down with the flu. down with1. Ill with, as in He's down with the flu. The down here alludes to being felled by illness. Also see come down with. 2. Depose, do away with, as in Down with the king! This imperative dates from the early 1500s. 3. Lower or put something down, as in Down with the mainsail. [Mid-1600s] 4. be or get down with . Be close friends with, as in I'm down with that crowd. [Slang; late 1900s] |
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