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

• Why, in my time, a young woman would have been all blushes and downcast glances.
  嗨，在我一生中，看到少女们都是羞羞答答目不斜视的。
• The boy was downcast and introspective.
  那男孩垂头丧气，耽于自省。
• He stood still with his eyes downcast.
  他静静地站着，双目望着地面。
• 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。
• Don't be too downcast about it.
  对这事不要太垂头丧气的。
• 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。
• For he looked upon the bowed head, and the downcast eyes, and upraised hand, and thought, 'I have felt it; and why should I not avow it in behalf of this unfriended, broken man!
  因为他看到那搭拉的脑袋、低垂的眼睛和抬起的手，心中想道，我感觉到这点；我为什么不为这位孤立无援、伤心失望的人认错呢？
• Why is your face downcast?
  你为什么变了脸色呢？
• 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。
• The little girl keep her eyes downcast when the headmaster talk to her.
  校长同小女孩谈话时，她一双眼睛始终低垂著。