| 释义 |
ˈdown-fallen, ppl. a.
Also 7 -fall.
Fallen to the ground, or from a high estate.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. iii. 135 The downfall [mod. ed. -fallen] Mortimer. 1602Carew Cornwall (J.) The land is now divorced by the downfallen steep cliffs on the farther side. 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. iii. 4 Let vs..Bestride our downfall [mod. edd. -fallen] Birth-dome. 1784Cowper Task vi. 144 His foe's down-fallen beast. 1817Moore Lalla R., Veiled Proph. (1854) 82 Their down-fall'n Chief. |
