adown

副词 adv. 介词 prep.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Down, downward; to or in a lower place. archaic,not-comparable
    — Thrice did she sink adown.
介词 prep.
  1. Down. archaic
    — I fell from one dream into another; found myself wandering through impossible places; […] peering out into the darkness, to catch a sight of a vague figure standing somewhere in the shadow, and looking, with the sun streaming into my eyes and blinding me, adown long white roads filled with a multitude of people […]

词源

词源 1
From Middle English adoun, from Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”) (compare Latin ad vallum > Old French à val, used in the same way).
词源 2
From Middle English adoun, from Old English adūn, earlier ofdūne (“down”), from of dūne (“off the hill”) (compare Latin ad vallum > Old French à val, used in the same way).
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