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[名]
（位置在低處的） below; down; under; underneath
ten degrees below zero
零下10度
every place under the sun
普天之下
at the foot of the hill
山下
have neither a tile over one's head nor a speck of land under one's feet
上無片瓦,下無插針之地
under the tree
樹下
go down
往下走
direct [turn] one's eyes downward
眼睛向下
（等級低的） lower; inferior
divided into three grades: the upper, the middle and the lower
分為上、中、下三等
（次序或時間在后的） next; latter; second
the latter half of one's life; the rest of one's life
下半輩子
the latter [second] half of the month
下半月
the last of two or three volumes
下冊
next week
下星期
the next bus
下一班車
[副]
（向下面） downward; down
prevent the logs from rolling down
防止圓木下滑
Prices dropped.
物價下跌。
[動]
（由高處到低處） descend; alight; get off
get off a car or bus
下車
get out of bed
下床
descend the stairs; go or come downstairs
下樓
The boat sailed down the river.
小船順流而下。
（雨、雪等降落） (of rain, snow, etc.)fall
It's hailing.
下雹子了。
Frost occurred.
下霜了。
The snow is falling heavily.; It's snowing hard.
雪下得很大。
It has rained all the week.
雨下了整整一個星期。
（頒發； 投遞） issue; deliver; send
issue [give] orders
下命令
send an invitation
下請帖
（去； 到） go to
go to the workshop
下車間
go and eat in a restaurant; eat out
下館子
（退場） exit; leave
exit from the left door
從左邊門兒下
Substitution, No.3 for No.4.
換人, 4號下, 3號上。
（放入） put in; cast
put dumplings in (boiling water)
下餃子
cook noodles
下面條
cast a net to catch fish
下網打魚
put in the condiments
下作料
（卸除； 取下） take away [off]; dismantle; unload
take the screen window off
把紗窗下下來
disarm the captured soldier
下了俘虜的槍
The cargo hasn't all been unloaded yet.
船上的貨還沒下完。
（做出決定、判斷等） form (an opinion,idea, etc.)
give a definition; define
下定義
draw [arrive at] a conclusion
下結論
make a resolution; be determined
下決心
（使用） apply; use
prescribe the right remedy for an illness
對癥下藥
put forth strength; make an effort; exert oneself
下力氣
（動物生產） (of animals) give birth to ; lay
lay eggs
下蛋
give birth to a litter of piglets
下了一窩小豬
（攻陷） capture; take
capture several cities in succession
連下數城
（退讓） give in; yield
Neither side would give in [yield].
雙方相持不下。
（到規定時間結束日常工作或學習） finish (work, etc.); leave off
come off night duty
下夜班
（用于否定式； 低于； 少于） be less than
no less than ten thousand people
不下一萬人