put down

短语
大学

放下, 不赞成, 镇压, 取缔, 制止, 记下, 贬低, 羞辱, 削减 [法] 放下, 遏止

发音

AU

词形变化

put downs 复数 puts down 三单 puts down putting down putting down 现在分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative spelling of put-down.

v.
  1. 1.

    To insult, belittle, or demean.

    习语

    They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.

  2. 2.

    Of money as deposit, to pay.

    金融 商务

    We put down a $1,000 deposit.

  3. 3.

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

    The government quickly put down the insurrection.

    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. 4.

    To euthanize (an animal).

    委婉

    Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.

  5. 5.

    To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.

    委婉
  6. 6.

    To write (something).

    Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.

  7. 7.

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

    Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.

  8. 8.

    To add a name to a list.

    I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.

  9. 9.

    To make prices, or taxes, lower.

    爱尔兰 英国

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

  10. 10.

    To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

    习语

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

  11. 11.

    To give something as a reason for something else.

    习语

    She put her long life down to daily meditation.

  12. 12.

    Of an aircraft, to land.

    习语 航空 商务 工程

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

  13. 13.

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

    习语

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

  14. 14.

    To drink.

    美国 俚语

    I put down two bottles of red wine.

  15. 15.

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

    废旧 媒体 印刷
  16. 16.

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

    习语

    The taxi put him down outside the hotel.

  17. 17.

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

    Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?

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