Xuống (cầu thang...)

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

đi xuống

giảm

V.

Come or go down, move down, climb down, get down: The sunwas setting as he descended from the mountain.

Decline,incline (downwards), slope, slant, dip, drop, fall, plunge,plummet: Beyond the curve, the road descends suddenly for amile.

Stoop, condescend, sink, lower oneself: If you startshouting, you're just descending to Basil's level.

Descendon. attack, assault, invade, pounce on or upon, swoop down on orupon: Fighter planes descended in droves and destroyed the baseentirely.

V.

Tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.).

Intr. (of a thing) sink, fall (rain descended heavily).

Intr.slope downwards, lie along a descending slope (fields descendedto the beach).

Intr. (usu. foll. by on) a make a suddenattack. b make an unexpected and usu. unwelcome visit (hopethey don't descend on us at the weekend).

Intr. (usu. foll.by from, to) (of property, qualities, rights, etc.) be passed byinheritance (the house descends from my grandmother; theproperty descended to me).

Intr. a sink in rank, quality,etc. b (foll. by to) degrade oneself morally to (an unworthyact) (descend to violence).

Intr. Mus. (of sound) becomelower in pitch.

Intr. (usu. foll. by to) proceed (indiscourse or writing): a in time (to a subsequent event etc.).b from the general (to the particular) (now let's descend todetails).

Tr. go along (a river etc.) to the sea etc.

Intr. Printing (of a letter) have its tail below the line.

Descendent adj. [ME f.OF descendre f. L descendere (as DE-, scandere climb)]