descend

Các nghĩa

1. đi xuống

   To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.

   transitive

   they descended the river in boats

   to descend a ladder

   The noble prince descended to one knee to ask for the princess’s hand in marriage.

2. dẫn xuống

   Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).

   transitive

   They took the steep path that descends the hill down to the beach.

3. xuống

   To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

   intransitive

   They leade theyr life in pleaſure, & at a poppe, down they deſcende into hell.

4. lặn xuống

   Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.

   intransitive

5. lặn xuống

   Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.

   intransitive

   [T]he ſetting Sun / Slowly deſcended, and with right aſpect / Againſt the eaſtern Gate of Paradiſe / Leveld his eevning Rayes: […]

6. di chuyển xuống

   Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.

   intransitive

   Cryptorchidism is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.

Dạng khác

• descends present, singular, third-person
• descending participle, present
• descended participle, past