downcast

英式音标：[ˈdaʊnkɑ:st]

美式音标：[ˈdaʊnkæst]

词语分类：TEM4

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概况：

adj. 沮丧的；低垂的；气馁的

n. 倒台；俯视的目光；向下转换

词义：

adj.

情绪低落的，向下的；颓靡；

英英释义

downcast[ 'daunkɑ:st,-kæst ]

n.a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adj.

directed downward

"a downcast glance"

low in spirits

"downcast after his defeat"

同义词：bluedepresseddispiriteddown(p)downhearteddown in the mouthlowlow-spirited

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The women in the shelter looked at me through downcast eyes.
她们用沮丧的眼神看着我。

He seemed very downcast at the news.
那消息似乎使他非常难过。

Ashamed of his mistake,he stood with downcast eyes.
羞于他的错误，他眼睛垂视地站着。

权威例句

Downcast Eyes (Marina Gržinić Mauhler)

Downcast Eyes: Michael Haneke and the Cinema of Intrusion

Downcast Eyes:The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought

Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in the Twentieth-Century French Thought

Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought (review)

Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought by Martin Jay

Development of a Downy Mildew Advisory Model Based on Downcast

Book Reviews -- Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought by Martin Jay

Validation of 'Downcast' in the prediction of sporulation-infection periods of Peronospora destructor in the Lockyer Valley.

Research and Application of the Precooling Technology of Downcast Air for Low Temperature Rock Stratum

同义词：disappointed,depressed,blue

同根词：downer

英语词源：

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.

造句：

1. downhearted; downcast

灰心丧气

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2. A downcast glance.

低垂的目光

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3. downcast air

入井空气流

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4. Dejected, downcast in spirit

痿靡不振

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5. downcast ventilator

吸气通风筒

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6. precompetition downcast symptom

赛前冷症

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7. downcast fault

下落断层

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8. downcast; dejected; crestfallen

颓靡

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9. depressed; gloomy; downcast

沉郁

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10. Setbacks made him downcast.

挫折使他沮丧。

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