英语词汇“come down”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

come down

释义

Idiom

come down

Theme: INHERITANCE

[for something] to descend (to someone) through inheritance.

All my silverware came down to me from my great-grandmother.The antique furniture came down through my mother's family.

Slang

come down

Theme: HAPPENING

in. to happen.

Hey, man! What's coming down?When something like this comes down, I have to stop and think things over.

Theme: INTOXICATION - RECOVERY

in. to begin to recover from the effects of alcohol or drug intoxication.

She came down slow, which was good.It was hard to get her to come down.

Phr V

come down

comes, coming, came, come

come down

if something comes down, it breaks and falls to the ground

A lot of trees came down in the storm.If you put any more books on that shelf the whole thing's going to come down.

if an aircraft comes down, it falls out of the sky

The plane came down over the Atlantic, killing all hundred and eighty passengers.

if a story or tradition comes down, it is passed from older people to younger people so that it continues

The story came down from the early pioneer days of the country.

if a statement or order comes down, it is given by someone in authority to other people who need to know about it

Word came down that we were expected to work later.

if a price or level comes down, it becomes lower

Property prices have come down dramatically over the last few months.Strawberries usually come down (= get cheaper) at this time of year.

if you come down when you are suggesting a price for something, you suggest or agree to a lower price

He's asking £300 for the piano, but he might be prepared to come down a bit.

(always + adv/prep) to decide, and usually to state publicly, that you support or oppose something

The minister came down in favour of a reformed prison system.The White House has come down on the side of military action.The author comes down against private pensions in this article.

informal to stop feeling the excitement caused by a drug or by a very enjoyable experience

She likes the high she gets from drugs - it's coming down afterwards that's the problem.The whole weekend was so wonderful that I haven't really come down yet.

comedown

noun singular

A Monday at work is a bit of a comedown after such a brilliant weekend.

British formal to leave university at the end of a course, especially Oxford or Cambridge Universityoften + from

He came down from Oxford in '63 and started working for a bank.

come down

verb

to experience the easing of drug intoxication US, 1959.

to arrive in prison US, 1972.

(of a river) to flood; to be inundated. Many Australian rivers are mostly dry for a large part of the year and then fill, often quite suddenly, during the wet season AUSTRALIA, 1868

phrasecome down1. come down to fall down from a higher position to a lower one, often to the ground: Snow was coming down in huge flakes which soon covered the ground. The ceiling looked like it might come down at any moment.2. come down if a price or the level of something comes down, it becomes lower: Do you think property prices might come down even further? Interest rates have come down considerably over the past year. Lottie had a terrible fever in the night, but by the next morning her temperature was coming down.■ SIMILAR TO: fall, decrease formal3. come down to visit or move to the place where the person speaking is - use this especially when the place is further south: Would you like to come down for the weekend?+ from Corinne's coming down from New York for Thanksgiving.4. come down to accept a lower price than you have asked, for something that you are selling: They're asking $150, 000 for the house, but they might come down a bit.+ to In the end he agreed to come down to $2000.5. come down if a building, wall etc comes down, it is destroyed because it is not wanted any more: The Berlin wall came down in 1989. Eventually the old farm cottages came down, and modern housing developments went up.■ SIMILAR TO: be demolished6. come down if a plane comes down, it crashes to the ground, or it lands somewhere where it had not planned to land: The plane came down in Bilmermeer, and there were no survivors. Due to a severe sandstorm, the plane had to come down in the desert.7. come down to reach as far as a particular point or place: I'd love to have a garden that comes down to the river here. His fine blond hair came down almost to his shoulders.8. come down if knowledge, tradition, ideas etc come down to people, they have been passed from older people to younger people over a long period of time:+ to Most of what we know of this civilization comes down to us in stories. It's a tradition that has come down to us through several centuries.■ SIMILAR TO: be handed down9. come down in favour of/against sth/sb to decide to support or oppose something or someone, after thinking about it carefullycome down in favour of sth/sb The president is expected to come down in favor of military intervention in Kosovo.come down on the side of sth/sb When the German people had to decide whether Berlin or Bonn should be their capital, they came down on the side of Berlin. The judge in the case came down on the side of the unions.come down against sth/sb The Board of Directors came down against the merger.■ SIMILAR TO: come out10. come down informal to gradually stop feeling the excitement caused by taking an illegal drug or by a very enjoyable experience+ off An addict coming down off heroin is in a dangerous and deeply depressed state.+ from International matches are incredibly exciting, and players have to learn how to come down from them afterwards.come-down n singular BrE something that is much less enjoyable or interesting than what you have been doing before, or than what you expected: My next job was a bit of a come-down, but I needed the money.11. come down if an order, message etc comes down, it is sent to people from someone in authority: The order came down from the boss that we were to speed up the production and worry less about the quality. It'll be ages before a decision comes down to us about it.12. come down BrE old-fashioned to leave a university after finishing your course+ from Adrian joined the family firm after coming down from Cambridge.■ SIMILAR TO: leave

come down

1. verb Literally, to descend from a higher point to a lower one. This usage is commonly used to describe precipitation. Come down and look at this flood in the basement! The rain was coming down so hard this morning that I got soaked.

2. verb To decrease. I hope house prices in this neighborhood come down so that we can actually afford one.

3. verb To be bequeathed or passed down through a line of inheritance. Oh, that antique vase came down to me from my grandmother.

4. verb To originate with or be announced or decreed by a higher authority. I'm not happy about this decision either, but it came down from the CEO, so we have to abide by it.

5. verb To scold or reprimand one harshly. In this usage, "down" is typically followed by "on." It was a mistake, so don't come down on him too hard, OK?

6. verb To lose one's wealth or social status. In the early 20th century, a respected woman in high society came down dramatically if she got divorced.

7. verb To become ill. In this usage, "down" is typically followed by "with" and the particular illness. I didn't do much this weekend because I came down with a cold. Our goalie came down with the flu and missed the game.

8. verb To be dependent on something else. In this usage, the phrase is typically followed with "to." I can't make a decision about this job until I get a salary offer—my decision really comes down to that.

9. verb, slang To become sober again after using drugs or alcohol. He's starting to come down from whatever he took.

10. verb, slang To happen. Hey fellas, what's coming down tonight?

11. noun A disappointment or failure. In this usage, the phrase is typically written as one word. Not getting into my dream school was a real comedown.

come down (hard) (on someone or something)

Fig. [for someone] to scold or punish someone or a group severely. The judge really came down on the petty crooks. The critics came down much too hard on the performance.

come down

(from something)

1. to come to a lower point from a higher one. Come down from there this instant! Come down, do you hear?

2. to move from a higher status to a lower one. (See also come down in the world.) He has come down from his original position. Now he is just a clerk. He has come down quite a bit.

come down

1. Sl. to happen. Hey, man! What's coming down? When something like this comes down, I have to stop and think things over.

2. a letdown; a disappointment. (Usually comedown.) The loss of the race was a real comedown for Willard. It's hard to face a comedown like that.

3. Sl. to begin to recover from the effects of alcohol or drug intoxication. She came down slow from her addiction, which was good. It was hard to get her to come down.

4. [for something] to descend (to someone) through inheritance. All my silverware came down to me from my great-grandmother. The antique furniture came down through my mother's family.

come down

(from some place) Go to down (from some place).

come down

1. Lose wealth or position, as in After the market crashed, the Tates really came down in the world. A 1382 translation of the Bible by followers of John Wycliffe had this term: "Come down from glory, sit in thirst" (Jeremiah 48:18).

2. Become reduced in size or amount, be lowered, as in Interest rates will have to come down before the economy recovers. [Mid-1600s]

3. Be handed down by inheritance, tradition, or a higher authority. For example, This painting has come down to us from our great-grandparents, or These stories have come down through the generations, or An indictment finally came down. [c. 1400]

4. Also, go down. Happen, occur, as in What's coming down tonight? [Slang; 1960s]

come down

1. To descend: The snow is coming down hard.

2. To lose wealth or position: He has really come down in the world.

3. To pass or be handed down by tradition: The family loved traditions that came down from their ancestors.

4. To be handed down from a higher authority: An indictment came down on the case of corruption.

5. Slang To happen; occur: What's coming down tonight?

6. To experience diminishing effects of a recreational or hallucinogenic drug: He felt giddy and sick from the overdose, but he eventually came down and felt better.

7. come down on To descend upon something or someone: The rain came down on us suddenly.

8. come down on To criticize or punish someone harshly: He came down hard on anyone who was late to his meetings.

9. come down to To be passed on to someone; inherited by someone: I believe those antiques came down to them from their grandparents.

10. come down to To depend on the answer to or outcome of something: The situation comes down to whether we can finish on time.

11. come down with To develop an ailment: She came down with a nasty cold and stayed in bed all day.

come down

1. in. to happen. Hey, man! What’s coming down?

2. n. a letdown; a disappointment. (Usually comedown.) The loss of the race was a real comedown for Willard.

3. in. to begin to recover from the effects of alcohol or drug intoxication. She came down slow, which was good.

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