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downcast

C2 adj

downcast /ˈdaʊnˌkæst/ nghĩa là cụp xuống, nhìn xuống

Các nghĩa

  1. cụp xuống, nhìn xuống

    Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.

    Briefly then heere Dido, with downe caſt phiſnomie, parled.

    'Tis Love, ſaid ſhe; and then my dovvn-caſt eyes, / And guilty dumbneſs, vvitneſs'd my ſurprize.

    Suppreſs your ſigh, your dovvn-caſt eyelids raiſe, / VVhom preſent you revere, him abſent praiſe.

  2. bị quật ngã, bị ném xuống đất

    Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.

    VVhere liues all vvoe? conduct him to vs three, / The dovvne-caſt ruines of calamitie.

    […] Dovvncaſt Lucifer revolves his State, / VVith his fall'n Angels ſits in Dark Debate, / And from This Conſtellation bodes his Fate.

  3. hướng xuống dưới

    Of a thing: directed downwards.

  4. chán nản, thất vọng

    Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.

    figuratively

    His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indignation, now subdued to downcast sorrow and quenched in infinite wretchedness.

  5. bị đánh bại, bị lật đổ; bị phá hủy, bị hủy hoại

    Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.

    figuratively

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