put down

phrasal verb

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put down

(of an aircraft or its pilot飞机或飞行员) to land降落；着陆
- He put down in a field.他降落在一块田里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Put down is used with these nouns as the object:
bag
basket
beaker
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put somebody down

(informal) to make somebody look or feel stupid, especially in front of other people使（当众）出丑；使出洋相；让某人现眼 related noun put-down

put something down

to stop holding something and place it on a table, shelf, etc.搁在（桌子上等）；放下
- Put that knife down before you hurt somebody!把刀子放下，别伤着人！
- (figurative) It's a great book. I couldn't put it down (= stop reading it).这本书棒极了。我是爱不释手啊。
- (British English) She put the phone down on me (= ended the call before I had finished speaking).她没等我把话说完就挂了线。
see also unputdownable
to write something; to make a note of something写下；（用笔等）记下
- The meeting's on the 22nd. Put it down in your diary.会议日期是 22 号。把它记在你的记事本里。
to pay part of the cost of something下订金；付部分费用
- We put a five per cent deposit down on the house.我们为这所房子付了百分之五的定金。
to stop something by force镇压；平定 synonym crush
- to put down a rebellion平定叛乱
- The military government is determined to put down all opposition.军政府决心镇压一切反对势力。
[often passive] to kill an animal, usually by giving it a drug, because it is old or sick药死（衰老或有病的动物）；人道毁灭
- We had to have our cat put down.我们只得用药结束了猫的生命。
to put a baby to bed安置（婴儿）入睡
- Can you be quiet—I've just put the baby down.请安静点儿，我刚把小孩哄睡着了。
to present something formally for discussion by a parliament or committee将…提请（议会或委员会）审议 synonym table
- to put down a motion/an amendment提交一项动议／修正案

put-down

noun

/ˈpʊt daʊn/

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a remark or criticism that is intended to make somebody look or feel stupid令人难堪的话；噎人的话
- She couldn’t think of a good put-down quickly enough.她很快就想不出一个好的贬义词。