let-down

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛtdaʊn/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A disappointment or anticlimax. countable
    — After seeing all the advertisements, the show itself was quite a let-down.
  2. The neurohormonal release of milk in dairy cows or in breastfeeding human mothers. countable,uncountable
    — The majority of peasant farmers in the tropics allow the calf to suckle before milking in order to obtain a let-down of milk.
  3. The clearance of an aircraft to descend through clouds to clear air below, or the process of granting such a clearance. countable,uncountable
    — The flight received a radar letdown from air traffic control.

词形变化

let-downs plural letdown alternative

词汇关系

相关词
let down

词源

Etymology tree
English let downdeverb.
English let-down
Deverbal from let down.
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