| 单词 | descend |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [di'send] |
| 解释 | v.下来，下降 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 下来，下降 (to come down) 【考】 contract : implode / descend : plummet(收缩和急剧收缩/下 降和急剧下降) 【记】 de+scend(爬)→爬下 →下降; 【同】 参考：ascend(上昇) 【例】 The sun descended behind the hills. |
| 字源 | descend (v.) c.1300, from Old French descendre (10c.) "descend, dismount; fall into; originate in," from Latin descendere "come down, descend, sink," from de- "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb," from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "originate" is late 14c. in English. Related: Descended; descending. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 下来, 下降; 遗传下来 【记】de下, scend爬－向下爬－下降; 参: ascend(v 上昇) 【类】contract: implode = descend: plummet收缩对急剧收缩 = 下降和急剧下降descend: altitude = dehydrate: moisture 降落高度 = 脱水降低潮湿 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】de 向下 + scend 爬；de 音：低+ ascend scend 音：升的; 形近decreased 减少 【相关】ascend 攀登 上昇，condescend 屈尊，descend 下降 下来，transcend 超越，胜过 |
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