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

TEM4畅通词汇

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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