descend
英[dɪ'send]
美[dɪ'sɛnd]
- vi. 下降；下去；下来；遗传；屈尊
- vt. 下去；沿…向下
英英释意
- 1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
- "The temperature is going down"
- "The barometer is falling"
- "The curtain fell on the diva"
- "Her hand went up and then fell again"
- 2. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example;
- "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"
- "he comes from humble origins"
- 3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- 4. come as if by falling;
- "Night fell"
- "Silence fell"