downcast

英 [ˈdaʊnkɑːst]

美 [ˈdaʊnkæst]

adj.  向下的; 低垂的; 悲哀的; 沮丧的; 垂头丧气的

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BNC.23934 / COCA.21594

牛津词典

adj.

• 向下的；低垂的
  looking down
  1. Eyes downcast, she continued eating.
     她低垂双眼，不停地吃。
• 悲哀的；沮丧的；垂头丧气的
  sad or depressed
  1. A group of downcast men stood waiting for food.
     一群人垂头丧气地站在那儿等着吃饭。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沮丧的;悲观的
  If you aredowncast, you are feeling sad and without hope.
  1. Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
     当败象已呈时，芭芭拉看上去越来越沮丧。
  2. ...a glum, downcast expression.
     忧郁、沮丧的表情
• ADJ (眼睛通常因难过或尴尬)向下看的，低垂的
  If your eyes aredowncast, you are looking towards the ground, usually because you are feeling sad or embarrassed.
  1. She was silent, her eyes downcast.
     她一言不发，两眼低垂。

英英释义

noun

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

adj

• filled with melancholy and despondency
  1. gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  2. gloomy predictions
  3. a gloomy silence
  4. took a grim view of the economy
  5. the darkening mood
  6. lonely and blue in a strange city
  7. depressed by the loss of his job
  8. a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  9. downcast after his defeat
  10. feeling discouraged and downhearted
  Synonym:gloomygrimbluedepresseddispiriteddown(p)downhearteddown in the mouthlowlow-spirited
• directed downward
  1. a downcast glance

双语例句

• Since their defeat last time, the enemy have become really downcast.
  自从上次遭到挫败，敌军变得很颓靡。
• Chu Kuei-ying did not reply, but sat with crimson cheeks and downcast eyes.
  朱桂英涨红了脸不回答，眼睛看在地下。
• He felt very strange, very humiliated, very downcast.
  他觉得很奇怪，很耻辱，很颓丧。
• When I was told recently by someone that they had "liked" my column I felt downcast.
  最近，有人告诉我他们“喜欢”我的专栏，我登时感觉情绪低落。
• Ashamed of his mistake, he stood with downcast eyes.
  羞于他的错误，他眼睛垂视地站着。
• Abruptly he sat upright in his chair and, with an effort of will, expunged his downcast mood.
  突然，他在椅子上直起身来，努力赶走沮丧的情绪。
• Of course, Indians are not always downcast by the size of their country.
  当然，印度人也不总是为自己国家的规模感到沮丧。
• Sonya, with downcast eyes, listened in silence to the countess's cruel words, and did not understand what was expected of her.
  索尼娅默默无言，低垂着眼帘，谛听伯爵夫人的残酷的话语，她不明白到底对她有什么要求。
• But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
  但那安慰丧气之人的神，借着提多来安慰了我们。
• Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.
  于是妇人走去吃饭，面上再不带愁容了。