descend 音标拼音: [dɪs'ɛnd]
vi . 下降,传下,遗传;屈尊,降格,堕落
下降,传下,遗传;屈尊,降格,堕落
descend 下降
descend v 1 :
move downward and lower ,
but not necessarily all the way ;
"
The temperature is going down "; "
The barometer is falling "; "
The curtain fell on the diva "; "
Her hand went up and then fell again " [
synonym : {
descend }, {
fall }, {
go down },
{
come down }] [
ant : {
arise }, {
ascend }, {
come up }, {
go up },
{
lift }, {
move up }, {
rise }, {
uprise }]
2 :
come from ;
be connected by a relationship of blood ,
for example ; "
She was descended from an old Italian noble family "; "
he comes from humble origins " [
synonym : {
derive },
{
come }, {
descend }]
3 :
do something that one considers to be below one '
s dignity [
synonym : {
condescend }, {
deign }, {
descend }]
4 :
come as if by falling ; "
Night fell "; "
Silence fell " [
synonym :
{
fall }, {
descend }, {
settle }]
Descend \
De *
scend "\,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Descended };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Descending }.] [
F .
descendre ,
L .
descendere ,
descensum ;
de -
scandere to climb .
See {
Scan }.]
1 .
To pass from a higher to a lower place ;
to move downwards ;
to come or go down in any way ,
as by falling ,
flowing ,
walking ,
etc .;
to plunge ;
to fall ;
to incline downward ; --
the opposite of ascend .
[
1913 Webster ]
The rain descended ,
and the floods came . --
Matt .
vii .
25 .
[
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We will here descend to matters of later date .
--
Fuller .
[
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2 .
To enter mentally ;
to retire . [
Poetic ]
[
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[
He ]
with holiest meditations fed ,
Into himself descended . --
Milton .
[
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3 .
To make an attack ,
or incursion ,
as if from a vantage ground ;
to come suddenly and with violence ; --
with on or upon .
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1913 Webster ]
And on the suitors let thy wrath descend . --
Pope .
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4 .
To come down to a lower ,
less fortunate ,
humbler ,
less virtuous ,
or worse ,
state or station ;
to lower or abase one '
s self ;
as ,
he descended from his high estate .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered .
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6 .
To come down ,
as from a source ,
original ,
or stock ;
to be derived ;
to proceed by generation or by transmission ;
to fall or pass by inheritance ;
as ,
the beggar may descend from a prince ;
a crown descends to the heir .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Anat .)
To move toward the south ,
or to the southward .
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8 . (
Mus .)
To fall in pitch ;
to pass from a higher to a lower tone .
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1913 Webster ]
Descend \
De *
scend "\,
v .
t .
To go down upon or along ;
to pass from a higher to a lower part of ;
as ,
they descended the river in boats ;
to descend a ladder .
[
1913 Webster ]
But never tears his cheek descended . --
Byron .
[
1913 Webster ]
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "
descend ":
advance ,
alight ,
ascend ,
assault ,
attack ,
back ,
back up ,
bank ,
be shamed ,
budge ,
cant ,
careen ,
cascade ,
cataract ,
change ,
change hands ,
change ownership ,
change place ,
circle ,
climb ,
climb down ,
collapse ,
come down ,
come in ,
condescend ,
crash ,
crash -
land ,
decline ,
degenerate ,
deign ,
derogate ,
descend on ,
devolve ,
dip ,
dip down ,
disimprove ,
disintegrate ,
ditch ,
down ,
downwind ,
drop ,
drop down ,
drop off ,
ebb ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall down ,
fall into disrepute ,
fall off ,
flow ,
get down ,
get over ,
go ,
go around ,
go down ,
go downhill ,
go round ,
go sideways ,
go uphill ,
grade ,
gravitate ,
gyrate ,
head ,
incline ,
incur discredit ,
incur disesteem ,
incur disgrace ,
invade ,
keel ,
land ,
lead ,
lean ,
level off ,
light ,
list ,
lose altitude ,
lose caste ,
lose countenance ,
lose credit ,
lose face ,
lower ,
lower oneself ,
mount ,
move ,
move over ,
overshoot ,
pancake ,
parachute ,
pass on ,
pitch ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
point ,
pounce ,
pounce on ,
pounce upon ,
pour down ,
precipitate ,
progress ,
rain ,
rake ,
regress ,
retreat ,
retrograde ,
retrogress ,
rise ,
rot ,
rotate ,
run ,
settle ,
settle down ,
shelve ,
shift ,
sidle ,
sink ,
slant ,
slope ,
soar ,
spin ,
stir ,
stoop ,
stream ,
subside ,
succeed ,
swag ,
sway ,
swoop ,
swoop down on ,
swoop down upon ,
talk down ,
tend ,
tend to go ,
tilt ,
tip ,
touch down ,
travel ,
trend downward ,
uprise ,
upwind ,
vouchsafe ,
wane ,
whirl ,
worsen
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