詞語:descend
descend是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
descend
[di5send]
vi.
下來, 下降, 遺傳(指財產,氣質,權利), 突擊, 出其不意的拜訪
v.
下去
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
descend
de.scend
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D.J.[di6send]
K.K.[d!6sWnd]
v.(動詞)
de.scend.ed, de.scend.ing, de.scends
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
(1)To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.
下來:從較高的地方移到較低的地方;降下
(2)To slope, extend, or incline downward:
向下傾斜,向下延伸:
「A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain」(J.R.R. Tolkien)
「一條坎坷不平的小路象陡峭的樓梯一樣向下延伸入平原」(J.R.R.托爾金)
(3)To come from an ancestor or ancestry:
遺傳下來,傳下:來自祖先:
She was descended from a pioneer family.
她來自一個早期的開拓者家庭
(4)To come down from a source; derive:
來自;來源於:從某一起源傳下來;起源於:
a tradition descending from colonial days.
從殖民地時代流傳下來的傳統
(5)To pass by inheritance:
繼承:通過遺產傳遞:
The house has descended through four generations.
這座房子已經傳了四代
(6)To lower oneself; stoop:
自嘲;自謙:降低自己的身份;降格,卑屈:
「She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered」(James Bryce)
「她,一個征服者,屈尊成為被征服者」(詹姆斯·布賴斯)
(7)To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale:
按降序處理:按等級、程度或規模的降序進行或處理:
titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.
按顯赫程度由高到低排列的頭銜;由高音區降至低音域的音符
(8)To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner:
蜂擁而至:突然或大量地到來或猛烈地侵襲:
summer tourists descending on the seashore village.
夏季旅遊者湧入這座海濱小鎮
v.tr.(及物動詞)
(1)To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.
下降:從較高部分移到較低部分;下降
(2)To get down from:
從…下來:
「People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach」(Howard Kaplan)
「人們從將乘客載往鄰近海濱的小公共汽車上走下來」(霍華德·卡普蘭)
(3)To extend or proceed downward along:
延伸下來:
a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.
陡峭的下山路
語源
(1)Middle English descenden
中古英語 descenden
(2)from Old French descendre
源自 古法語 descendre
(3)from Latin d?e
源自 拉丁語 d?e
(4)d?- [de-]
d?- [前綴,表「否定或相反」]
(5)scandere [to climb] * see skand-
scandere [爬] *參見 skand-
繼承用法
descend「ible 或
descend「able
adj.(形容詞)
現代英漢詞典
descend
[dI5send]
vi., vt.
(1)下來;下降
to descend the steps
下階梯
in descending order of importance
依輕重順序
(2)(常與on, upon連用)突襲
The bandits descended on the defenseless village.
匪徒突襲無防禦的村莊。
(3)(與to連用)降格去做
現代英漢綜合大辭典
descend
[di5send]
vi., vt.
(1)下(來, 降, 斜, 傾)
(2)(財產等)傳給, 遺傳
(3)轉而說到, 涉及(細節等)
(4)屈尊, 降低身份去做
(5)突然去訪問, 襲擊
(6)向下傾斜
(7)下凡
(8)由遠而近, 由大而小
(9)【天】移向地平線; 移向南方
be descended from ...
[descend from ...]從...(傳)下來
Men are descended from ape-men.
人是由類人猿轉變而來的。
He descended from the top of the mountain.
他從山頂上走下來。
The river descends to the sea.
這條河流向大海。
He (is) descended from a good family.
他出自名門。
繼承用法
descender
[dI`sendE(r)]
n.
習慣用語
descend from
(1)從...下來
(2)是...的後裔, 源於
descend to
(1)把人格[身份]降低到, 墮落到
(2)轉談細節
descend upon
(1)突然襲擊
(2)突然拜訪某人
descend on
(1)突然襲擊
(2)突然拜訪某人
用法詞典
descend
來自拉丁語descendere爬下