downcast 详细解释

downcast

['daunkæst]

adj.气馁的, 悲哀的, 垂下的

a.

1. (目光)向下的, 下垂的[Z]

The little girl kept her eyes downcast when the headmaster talked to her.

校长同小女孩谈话时, 她一双眼睛始终低垂着。

2. 垂头丧气的, 萎靡不振的

Setbacks made him downcast.

挫折使他沮丧。

n.[C]

1. 俯视的目光

2. 倒台, 推翻

3. 【矿】下风井

词形变化

名词复数：downcasts

词义辨析

同义:

a.垂头丧气的

dejected  sad  discouraged  disheartened  depressed  melancholy  glum  gloomy  

同义参见:

despondent  descent  unhappy  blue  crestfallen  exanimate  black  downhearted  down  cheerless  

反义参见:

happy  

英英释义

名词 downcast:

a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

形容词 downcast:

directed downward

low in spirits

同义词：blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

补充

downcastdowncast英:[ˈdaunkɑ:st] 美:[ˈdaʊnˌkæst]adj.1.情绪低落的2.向下的

例句

1. Cameron seemed unusually downcast.卡梅伦看上去异乎寻常地沮丧。 2. With downcast eyes, I told them the truth.我双眼低垂, 把真相告诉了他们。 3. She was silent, her eyes downcast.她两眼低垂, 默不出声。 4. her modestly downcast eyes.她怯怯地低垂着的眼睛。 5. "I've never seen her looking so downcast. [=depressed, unhappy, sad]"我从没见她这么沮丧过。 6. There were a lot of downcast faces in the crowd.人群中有许多人面容沮丧。 7. downcast eyes目光低垂的双眼

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