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down n.绒毛；汗毛 down (adv.) late Old English shortened form of Old English ofdune "downwards," from dune "from the hill," dative of dun "hill" (see down (n.2)). A sense development peculiar to English.Used as a preposition since c.1500. Sense of "depressed mentally" is attested from c.1600. Slang sense of "aware, wide awake" is attested from 1812. Computer crash sense is from 1965. As a preposition from late 14c.; as an adjective from 1560s. Down-and-out is from 1889, American English, from situation of a beaten prizefighter. Down home (adj.) is 1931, American English; down the hatch as a toast is from 1931; down to the wire is 1901, from horse-racing. Down time is from 1952. Down under "Australia and New Zealand" attested from 1886; Down East "Maine" is from 1825.down (n.1) "soft feathers," late 14c., from Old Norse dunn, perhaps ultimately from PIE root *dheu- (1) "to fly about (like dust), to rise in a cloud."down (n.2) Old English dun "down, moor; height, hill, mountain," from Proto-Germanic *dunaz- (cognates: Middle Dutch dunen "sandy hill," Dutch duin, "probably a pre-insular loan-word from Celtic" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names], in other words, borrowed at a very early period, before the Anglo-Saxon migration, from PIE root *dheue- "to close, finish, come full circle." Meaning "elevated rolling grassland" is from c.1300.The non-English Germanic words tend to mean "dune, sand bank" (see dune), while the Celtic cognates tend to mean "hill, citadel" (compare Old Irish dun "hill, hill fort;" Welsh din "fortress, hill fort;" and second element in place names London, Verdun, etc.). German Düne, French dune, Italian, Spanish duna are said to be loan-words from Dutch.down (v.) 1560s, from down (adv.). Related: Downed; downing. 【记】绒毛是倒下来的

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[daun] 【英】 n. 绒毛，汗毛(soft, fluffy feathers on young birds) n. 绒毛(雏鸟的松软细密的毛; 叶子或水果表面覆盖的短茸毛; 人初次长的胡子); adj 情绪低落的; 沮丧的

单词	down
音标	[daun]
解释	n.绒毛；汗毛
红宝书	【英】 n. 绒毛，汗毛(soft, fluffy feathers on young birds)
字源	down (adv.) late Old English shortened form of Old English ofdune "downwards," from dune "from the hill," dative of dun "hill" (see down (n.2)). A sense development peculiar to English. Used as a preposition since c.1500. Sense of "depressed mentally" is attested from c.1600. Slang sense of "aware, wide awake" is attested from 1812. Computer crash sense is from 1965. As a preposition from late 14c.; as an adjective from 1560s. Down-and-out is from 1889, American English, from situation of a beaten prizefighter. Down home (adj.) is 1931, American English; down the hatch as a toast is from 1931; down to the wire is 1901, from horse-racing. Down time is from 1952. Down under "Australia and New Zealand" attested from 1886; Down East "Maine" is from 1825. down (n.1) "soft feathers," late 14c., from Old Norse dunn, perhaps ultimately from PIE root dheu- (1) "to fly about (like dust), to rise in a cloud." down (n.2) Old English dun "down, moor; height, hill, mountain," from Proto-Germanic dunaz- (cognates: Middle Dutch dunen "sandy hill," Dutch duin, "probably a pre-insular loan-word from Celtic" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names], in other words, borrowed at a very early period, before the Anglo-Saxon migration, from PIE root *dheue- "to close, finish, come full circle." Meaning "elevated rolling grassland" is from c.1300. The non-English Germanic words tend to mean "dune, sand bank" (see dune), while the Celtic cognates tend to mean "hill, citadel" (compare Old Irish dun "hill, hill fort;" Welsh din "fortress, hill fort;" and second element in place names London, Verdun, etc.). German Düne, French dune, Italian, Spanish duna are said to be loan-words from Dutch. down (v.) 1560s, from down (adv.). Related: Downed; downing.
不择手段背单词	n. 绒毛(雏鸟的松软细密的毛; 叶子或水果表面覆盖的短茸毛; 人初次长的胡子); adj 情绪低落的; 沮丧的
趣味全助记	【记】绒毛是倒下来的

English Sense Late Dun Attested N Hill Preposition