亚洲网紅露点

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descend

[ dih-send ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down:

    to descend from the mountaintop.

  2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
  3. to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
  4. to slope, tend, or lead downward:

    The path descends to the pond.

  5. to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family:

    The title descends through eldest sons.

  6. to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from ):

    He is descended from Cromwell.

  7. to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission:

    This festival descends from a druidic rite.

  8. to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on or upon ):

    Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.

  9. to settle, as a cloud or vapor.
  10. to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.:

    Jupiter descended to humankind.

  11. to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on or upon ):

    to descend upon enemy soldiers.

  12. to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard:

    He would never descend to baseness.

  13. Astronomy. to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star.


verb (used with object)

  1. to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).
  2. to extend or lead down along:

    The path descends the hill.

descend

/ 诲瑟藞蝉蓻苍诲 /

verb

  1. also tr to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
  2. (of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
  3. to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
  4. often foll by from to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
  5. to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
  6. to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
  7. often foll byon or upon to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way

    their relatives descended upon them last week

  8. (of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲别蝉藞肠别苍诲补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲别路蝉肠别苍诲路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤别路诲别路蝉肠别苍诲 verb
  • 谤别路诲别路蝉肠别苍诲 verb
  • 耻苍路诲别路蝉肠别苍诲路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of descend1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English descenden, from Old French descendre, from Latin 诲脓蝉肠别苍诲别谤别, equivalent to 诲脓- de- + -scendere, combining form of scandere 鈥渢o climb鈥; scansion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of descend1

C13: from Old French descendre, from Latin 诲脓蝉肠别苍诲别谤别, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan
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He was unable to descend the trail after he lost his crampons - a spiked device that is attached to the bottom of climbing shoes for better traction.

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And in the Antelope Valley, they will descend into the low 50s.

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The VIPs are sat in a separate section from the hundreds of thousands of members of the public who have descended on Rome for the event.

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Within about a minute, the next six paddleboarders descended the weir.

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After circulating a flyer with Metcalf's face labeled "Protect White Americans," Lang descended on this Texas suburb to lead a rally painting Black Americans as a near-existential threat to white Americans.

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