順流而下：down的常見用法

One woman, one house, one piece of land to cAll your own, one landscape to look at, one way to die. All that world just weighing down on you. You don't even know where it comes to an end.

——The Legend of 1900

愛一個女人，住一間屋子，買一塊地，望一個景，走一條死路。太多選擇，我無所適從，漫無止境，茫茫無際。

——《海上鋼琴師》

一、你知道down有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.潦倒

He has had his ups and downs in life.

他現在已體驗到生活中的酸甜苦辣了。

2.羽絨，絨毛；開闊的高地

This down jacket can resist wind and cold.

這羽絨服能擋風抗凍。

3.丘陵

The downs fell in gentle undulations to the sea.

這塊丘陵地略帶傾斜伸向大海。

prep.

在…下，沿著

The broom grows down the arid sandhill.

金雀草蔓延在乾燥的沙丘下。

v.

下降，放下，打倒，砍倒

He downed his opponent in the first round.

他在第一個回合中擊倒對手。

二、你知道down和哪些詞更搭嗎？

back down

放棄,撤訴,食言,打退堂鼓

bear down

1.壓在…上 2.克服，擊敗 3.全力以赴

bear down on

施壓加力於...,衝向,襲擊

beat down

打倒,殺價,鎮壓,使沮喪

bed down

鋪床睡

bog down

陷入困境,陷於停頓;放慢速度

三、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧

She bent _____ to pick up her glove.
她俯身撿起了手套。