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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3971 COCA: 4006

descend

verb
 
/dɪˈsend/
/dɪˈsend/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they descend
/dɪˈsend/
/dɪˈsend/
he / she / it descends
/dɪˈsendz/
/dɪˈsendz/
past simple descended
/dɪˈsendɪd/
/dɪˈsendɪd/
past participle descended
/dɪˈsendɪd/
/dɪˈsendɪd/
-ing form descending
/dɪˈsendɪŋ/
/dɪˈsendɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to come or go down from a higher to a lower level下来；下去；下降
    • The plane began to descend.飞机开始降落。
    • The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows…结果按递减顺序排列如下…
    • descend something She descended the stairs slowly.她缓慢地走下楼梯。
    opposite ascend
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quickly
    • rapidly
    • slowly
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (formal) (of a hill, etc.山等) to slope downwards下斜；下倾
    • At this point the path descends steeply.小路从这里陡然而下。
    opposite ascend
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • steeply
    • gently
    • gradually
    • …
    preposition
    • into
    • to
    phrases
    • descend into chaos
    • descend into farce
    • descend into madness
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive] (literary) (of night, darkness, a mood, etc.夜晚、黑暗、情绪等) to arrive and begin to affect somebody/something降临；来临 synonym fall
    • Night descends quickly in the tropics.热带地区天黑得快。
    • descend on/upon somebody/something Calm descended on the crowd.人群平静下来。
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3971 COCA: 4006
descend

verb¹

 1move downwards下移ADVERB➤quickly, rapidly迅速／快速下降▸➤slowly緩慢下降▸➤carefully小心地下降
descend

verb²

 2lead downwards下傾ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤steeply陡峭下傾▸➤gently, gradually緩緩／逐漸下傾PREPOSITION➤into, to下斜到⋯裏；向下延伸到⋯◇The path descends steeply to the town.小路陡直而下通向鎮子。PHRASES➤descend into chaos, descend into farce, descend into madness (especially BrE, all figurative) 陷入混亂／鬧劇／瘋狂
descend

verb³

 3be descended from sb/sth be related to sb/sth與⋯有親緣關係ADVERB | VERB + DESCEND ADVERB➤directly直接傳承自⋯◇The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar.這一品種幾乎是歐亞野豬的直系後代。➤ultimately最終來源於VERB + DESCEND➤claim to聲稱是⋯的後代◇He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.他聲稱是一位西班牙王子的後人。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3971 COCA: 4006
descend verb
⇨ fall 2 (a plane descends) ⇨ slope (a path descends)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3971 COCA: 4006

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