descend
US: /dɪˈsɛnd/
UK: /dɪsˈɛnd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
descend /di'send/- ngoại động từ
- xuống (cầu thang...)
- xuống (cầu thang...)
- nội động từ
- xuống, dốc xuống, rơi xuống, lăn xuống, đi xuống, tụt xuống...
- bắt nguồn từ, xuất thân từ
- man descends from apes: con người bắt nguồn từ loài vượn
- to descend from a peasant family: xuất thân từ một gia đình nông dân
- truyền (từ đời cha xuống đời con, từ đời này sang đời khác)
- (+ upon) tấn công bất ngờ, đánh bất ngờ
- hạ mình, hạ cố
- (nghĩa bóng) sa sút, xuống dốc, sa đoạ; tự làm mình thấp hèn, tự hạ mình
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 (formal) to come or go down from a higher to a lower level: [V] The plane began to descend. + The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows:
+ [VN] She descended the stairs slowly.
Antonym: ASCEND
2 [V] (formal) (of a hill, etc.) to slope downwards: At this point the path descends steeply.
Antonym: ASCEND
3 [V] ~ (on / upon sb/sth) (literary) (of night, darkness, a mood, etc.) to arrive and begin to affect sb/sth
Synonym: FALL
Night descends quickly in the tropics. + Calm descended on the crowd.
Phrasal Verbs: be descended from sb to be related to sb who lived a long time ago: He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.
descend into sth [no passive] (formal) to gradually get into a bad state: The country was descending into chaos.
descend on / upon sb/sth to visit sb/sth in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly: Hundreds of football fans descended on the city.
descend to sth [no passive] to do sth that makes people stop respecting you: They descended to the level of personal insults.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 come or go down, move down, climb down, get down:
The sun was setting as he descended from the mountain.
2 decline, incline (downwards), slope, slant, dip, drop, fall, plunge, plummet:
Beyond the curve, the road descends suddenly for a mile.
3 stoop, condescend, sink, lower oneself:
If you start shouting, you're just descending to Basil's level.
4 descend on. attack, assault, invade, pounce on or upon, swoop down on or upon:
Fighter planes descended in droves and destroyed the base entirely.
Collocation
1 move downwards
ADV.
quickly, rapidly | slowly
2 lead downwards
ADV.
sharply, steeply | gently, gradually
PREP.
into, to
The path descends steeply to the village.
3 be descended from sb/sth: be related to sb/sth
ADV.
directly
The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar.
VERB + DESCEND
claim to
He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince.
Concise dictionary
descends|descended|descendingdɪ'sendverb
+move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
+come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
+do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
+come as if by falling
