Pina upswing 2 (in golf)
the downward movement of a club
when a player is about to hit the ball ( A
)Tffft
'Down
syndrome noun [u] {NAmE) = Down’s syndrome
down-time /'dauntaim/ noun [U] 1 the time during which
a machine, especially a computer, is not working •( AJaitN'I'h] —
compare uptime 2 (especially NAmE) the time when sb
stops working and is able to relax X ; ft S : Everyone needs a little
downtime. A^fl$^rlcfA§.-*rT»
down to 'earth ad/. (approving) sensible and
practical, in a way that is helpful and friendly # % ^
P*lft
down-town
/.daun'taun/
adv. (especially
NAmE) in
or towards the centre of a city, especially its main business area A'h, feiff
( AJai^ik A'frE ) : to go/work downtown M ® 3k A E A; iX [§j 3k A
E X# — compare midtown, town centre,
uptown ► 'down-town adj.: a downtown store |i§ rfr E (ft |8j ' down-town noun [U]: a hotel in the heart
of downtown rUE cK'ftiifcft
down-trend /'dauntrend/ noun [sing.] a situation
in which business activity or performance decreases or becomes worse over a
period of time (
ItiftfKJ ) 022 uptrend
down
trod den
/'dauntmdn;
NAmE -traidn/ adj. downtrodden people
are treated so badly by the people with authority and power that they no longer
have the energy or ability to fight back
down-turn /'dauntem; NAmE -t3:m/ noun [usually sing.] ~ (in
sth) a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy
becomes weaker ( f§J3k*£ifr ) ilil, a downturn in
sales/trade/
business ^ 0 the economic down
turn of the late 1990s * 20 tttiS 90 EB03 UPTURN
down-ward On /'daunwad; NAmE -ward/ adj. [usually before
noun]
moving or pointing towards a
lower level TI##J; ftT |$ : the downward slope of a hill |«J T ill 0 the downward trend in
inflation 0
She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal
unhappiness. 022
UPWARD
down-wards /‘daunwadz; NAmE -wardz/ (also down-ward especially in NAmE) adv. towards the ground or
towards a lower level [o] T: She was lying face downwards on the grass. M Eh & ^
± o o The garden sloped
gently downwards to the river, fc @ (nJ’M M t£ f® M o o
It
was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the
022
UPWARDS
down-wind
/.daun'wind/
adv.
~
(of sth) in the direction in which the wind is blowing Jl® M sailing downwind jliMftff 0 Warnings were issued
to people living downwind of the fire to stay indoors. ELM
022
upwind ► down-wind adj.
downy /'dauni/ adj. covered in sth
very soft, especially hair or feathers € MM — see also down n.
dowry /'dauri/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 money and/or
property that, in some societies, a wife or her family must pay to her husband
when they get married (
2 money and/or property that, in some societies, a
husband must pay to his wife’s family when they get married ( ) ML
dowse
/dauz/
verb 1 [V] to look for
underground water or minerals by using a special stick or long piece of metal
that moves when it comes near water, etc. ^ ) 2 = douse ► dow-ser noun
'dowsing rod noun a stick used when dowsing for water or minerals
underground ( $ij tK M ^ W )
mm
dox-ology /dDk'SDlad3i; NAmE da:k'sa:l-/ noun {pi. -ies) {religion rM) in Christian worship,
a short text that can be sung which praises God
mn)
doxy /'dDksi; NAmE 'daiksi/ noun {pi. -ies) (old use) 1 a woman who is sb’s
lover [##3 2 a prostitute doyen /'daian/ {NAmE usually dean) noun the most respected or
most experienced member of a group or profession ( +
jc : Arthur C Clarke is the
doyen of science-fiction writers. MM • C.
doy-enne
/doi'en/
noun the most respected or
most experienced woman member of a group or profession Martha Graham, the
doyenne of American modern dance H
doz.
abbr. (in writing) dozen )
( — ).tf, fr
: 2 doz. eggs
doze /dauz; NAmE douz/ verb, noun m verb [V] to sleep lightly
for a short time Bi B§; tTBX JL; /hBi o note at sleep ,doze 'off to go to
sleep, especially during
the day ( ft fUfE 0 Jb] )
fTBi BS, fTBXJL: She dozed off in front of the fire. BUtt&KJLAo
noun [sing.] a short
period of sleep, usually during the day ( il # 0 fa] |!HJ ) Bi Bi, Bi: I had a doze on the
train. ifTT'hffULo
dozen On /'dAzn/ noun, det. {pi. dozen)
1 [C] {abbr. doz.) a group of twelve of
the same thing ( —■) AT; A—A: Give me a dozen,
please.
JTo o two dozen eggs 0 three dozen red roses
1% —see also baker’s dozen 2 [c] a group of approximately twelve people or
things + A ^; 4* Jl A; several dozen/a few
dozen people ffc -f- / fl
O The company
employs no more than a couple of dozen people. A + ^A0 <> Only
about half a dozen people
turned up. RlfA-bl" A 5'J Eft 0 o There was only space for a
half-dozen tables. K 3 dozens [pi.] ~ (of sth) (informaf) a lot of people or
things : They arrived in
dozens {= in large numbers).
IM1 AJttl'Ji&To 0 I’ve been there dozens of times. $c fil iP M A &
tS ^ Ik 0 see dime, nineteen, six
dozy /'dauzi; NAmE 'douzi/ adj. {informal) 1 not looking or feeling
awake ;®,B§W; lr
fP^BSW; 2 {BrE)
stupid; not intelligent
DPhil
/,di: 'fil/ noun {BrE) the abbreviation for
‘Doctor of Philosophy’ ( ik'A/l Doctor of Philosophy
) :
tobe/have/doaDPhil^mf±;
& 0 James Mendelssohn
DPhil
W ^ tf ± M it % • H H
dpi /,di: pi: *ai/ abbr. {computing if) dots per inch (a
measure of how clear the images produced by a printer, scanner etc. are) (
ffEp
DPP/di: pi: 'pi:/ abbr. (in
Dr {BrE) (also Dr. NAmE, BrE) abbr. 1 (in writing) Doctor ( W±: Dr (Jane)
W± 2 (in street names) drive ( ) J&, Ail
drab /draeb/ adj. (drab-ber,
drab-best) without interest or colour; dull and boring 1;
HW]; a. cold drab little
office 0 drab
women, dressed in browns and greys A ►drab nessnoun [U] drabs /draebz/ noun fTiflfll see dribs drachma /'draekma/ noun {pi. drachmas or drachmae /'draekmi:/) the unit
of money in Greece (replaced in 2002 by the euro) A 2002 ^
)
dra co nian /dra'kaunian; NAmE -'kou-/ adj. (formal) (of a law,
punishment, etc. extremely cruel
and severe TSSW; BSEU1 From
Draco,
a legislator in ancient