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    Going down — from a high place to a lower one, like a plane's descent as it lands, or walking down a mountain. It also means where your family originally comes from: 'she is of Japanese descent' means her family, going back, came from Japan.

    下降；血統、祖籍

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組成From Latin "de-" (down) + "scandere" (to climb). So literally "to climb down."

同家族的字

  • ascendshares the Latin root 'scandere,' to climb, but with 'a-' meaning up instead of down
  • descendthe verb this word comes from, built on the same Latin root

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

descentnoun/dɪˈsɛnt/

  • 1

    An instance of descending; act of coming down.

    • We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
    • The descent continues, still more steeply to Dundee (Tay Bridge), and approaching from the bridge itself this sharp descent gives the curious appearance that the station is below the level of the firth.
  • 2

    A way down.

    • We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
  • 3

    A sloping passage or incline.

    • The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
  • 4

    Lineage or hereditary derivation.

    • Our guide was of Welsh descent.
  • 5

    A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.

    • After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
  • 6

    A falling upon or invasion.

  • 7

    mathematicssciencestopologyA particular extension of the idea of gluing.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。