喜樂美語

原始詞典資料18 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。

put downverb

  • 1

    To insult, belittle, or demean.

    • They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
    • People try to put us down / Just because we get around.
  • 2

    bankingbusinesscommerceOf money as deposit, to pay.

    • We put down a $1,000 deposit.
  • 3

    To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.

    • The government quickly put down the insurrection.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  • 4

    To euthanize (an animal).

    • Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.
    • A couple walking in Kirkleatham Woods, Redcar, heard whimpering and found the terrier-type animal in a mound of earth at about midday. It was rushed to a vet but its injuries were so serious it had to be put down.
  • 5

    To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.

    • The only thing left to do before putting the plan into action was checking the barracks for stragglers, and putting them down. She placed the first three bombs, then crept to the final door and opened it.
  • 6

    To write (something).

    • Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.
    • I hope you don't mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you're in the world
  • 7

    To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.

    • Ray eventually called at 7pm and took the school’s side. He sounded imperious and distant and made me even angrier. I told him he sounded just like my father, and put the phone down on him.
    • Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.
  • 8

    To add a name to a list.

    • I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To make prices, or taxes, lower.

    • BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.
  • 10

    To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

    • I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.
  • 11

    To give something as a reason for something else.

    • She put her long life down to daily meditation.
  • 12

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationOf an aircraft, to land.

    • The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.
  • 13

    To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.

    • The taxi put him down outside the hotel.
  • 14

    To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).

    • I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.
  • 15

    slangTo drink.

    • I put down two bottles of red wine.
  • 16

    obsoletemediaprintingpublishingTo set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.

  • 17

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.

    • Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?
    • "There he is!" cried Mrs. Flanders, coming round the rock and covering the whole space of the beach in a few seconds. "What has he got hold of? Put it down, Jacob! Drop it this moment!

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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。