downcast
英 ['daʊnkɑːst]
美['daʊnkæst]
- adj. 沮丧的;低垂的;气馁的
- n. 倒台;俯视的目光;向下转换
英英释意
- 1. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
英文词源
- downcast (adj.)
- c. 1600, from past participle of obsolete verb downcast (c. 1300), from down (adv.) + cast (v.). Literal at first; figurative sense is 1630s.
考试真题
- One day, when he went to get his 7-year-old son from soccer practice, his kid greeted him with a downcast face and a sad voice.
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实用场景例句
- She was silent, her eyes downcast.
- 她一言不发,两眼低垂。
柯林斯例句
- Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
- 当败象已呈时,芭芭拉看上去越来越沮丧。
柯林斯例句
- Eyes downcast, she continued eating.
- 她低垂双眼,不停地吃。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- An unhappy life made her downcast.
- 不愉快的生活使她沮丧.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- With downcast eyes I explained that I was not the person they all thought I was.
- 我双目低垂地解释说,我并不是他们都以为的那个人.
《简明英汉词典》
- Mr. Pan had been downcast for the last few days.
- 这几天潘先生无聊极了.
汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- He pretended to be very downcast.
- 他故意做出失望的样子说.
汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
- " Then why do you always look so downcast? "
- “ 那么为什么你的脸色总是这样阴沉 呢 ? ” 觉新关心地问道.
汉英文学 - 家(1-26) - 家(1-26)
- Stubbs the plasterer was much downcast at this dreadful edict.
- 泥水匠斯塔布斯对这道使人敬畏的“法令”十分沮丧.
辞典例句
- Don't look sad and downcast, as you are doing - he'll be angry.
- 别做出难过丧气的样, 象你现在这样一他会生气的.
辞典例句
- It looked on downcast faces, the images of mournful hearts.
- 人们脸上也是阴沉沉的,愁眉不展, 反映着凄楚的心情.
辞典例句
- Ashamed of his mistake, he stood with downcast eyes.
- 羞于他的错误, 他眼睛垂视地站着.
辞典例句
- He felt very strange, very humiliated, very downcast.
- 他觉得很奇怪, 很耻辱, 很颓丧.
辞典例句
- He was not at all downcast.
- 他一点也不气馁.
辞典例句
- Chu Kuei - ying did not reply, but sat with crimson cheeks and downcast eyes.
- 朱桂英涨红了脸不回答, 眼睛看在地下.
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