downfall 音标拼音: [d'ɑʊnf
, ɔl]
n . 下降;垮台,陷落
下降;垮台,陷落
downfall n 1 :
failure that results in a loss of position or reputation [
synonym : {
downfall }, {
ruin }, {
ruination }]
2 :
the falling to earth of any form of water (
rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist ) [
synonym : {
precipitation }, {
downfall }]
3 :
a sudden decline in strength or number or importance ; "
the fall of the House of Hapsburg " [
synonym : {
fall }, {
downfall }]
[
ant : {
rise }]
Downfall \
Down "
fall `\ (
doun "
f [
add ]
l `),
n .
1 .
A sudden fall ;
a body of things falling .
[
1913 Webster ]
Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid . --
Holland .
[
1913 Webster ]
Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A sudden descent from rank or state ,
reputation or happiness ;
destruction ;
ruin ;
as ,
the senator '
s unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place . --
Motley .
[
1913 Webster ]
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "
downfall ":
Waterloo ,
atrophy ,
bane ,
beating ,
bouleversement ,
brash ,
breakdown ,
burst of rain ,
cascade ,
cataract ,
chute ,
cloudburst ,
collapse ,
comedown ,
conquering ,
conquest ,
convulsion ,
crash ,
cropper ,
deathblow ,
debacle ,
decadence ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
defeat ,
deflation ,
defluxion ,
degeneracy ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
deluge ,
descending ,
descension ,
descent ,
destroyer ,
destruction ,
devolution ,
discomfiture ,
down ,
downbend ,
downcome ,
downcurve ,
downflow ,
downgrade ,
downpour ,
downrush ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward trend ,
drencher ,
drop ,
dropping ,
drubbing ,
failure ,
fall ,
falling ,
flood ,
gravitation ,
gushing rain ,
headache ,
heavy rain ,
hiding ,
inclination ,
lambasting ,
lathering ,
licking ,
mastery ,
nose dive ,
overcoming ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
plash ,
plummeting ,
pounce ,
pour ,
pratfall ,
problem ,
prostration ,
quietus ,
rainburst ,
rainspout ,
rainstorm ,
rapids ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
sabotage ,
scud ,
smash ,
soaker ,
soaking rain ,
spate ,
spout ,
stoop ,
stumble ,
subdual ,
subduing ,
subjugation ,
subversion ,
swoop ,
tailspin ,
thrashing ,
torrent of rain ,
trimming ,
trouble ,
trouncing ,
tumble ,
undoing ,
upheaval ,
upset ,
vanquishment ,
waterfall ,
waterspout ,
whipping
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