get down

verb

1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

e.g. We began working at dawn
Who will start?
Get working as soon as the sun rises!
The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
He began early in the day
Let's get down to work now

Synonym: begingetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence

2. put down in writing
of texts, musical compositions, etc.

Synonym: write downset downput down

3. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

e.g. Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

Synonym: swallow

4. lower someone's spirits
make downhearted

e.g. These news depressed her
The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

Synonym: depressdejectcast downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

5. alight from (a horse)

Synonym: unhorsedismountlightget off

6. move something or somebody to a lower position

e.g. take down the vase from the shelf

Synonym: lowertake downlet downbring down

7. lower (one's body) as by kneeling

e.g. Get down on your knees!

1. 使沮丧；使忧郁
If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.

e.g. At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.
有时当工作让我沮丧时，我喜欢幻想自己是一个农场主。

2. 俯身；跪下；趴下
If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.

e.g. She got down on her hands and knees on the floor...
她双手撑地跪在地上。
e.g. 'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
“趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”

3. 写下；记下
If you get something down, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.

e.g. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.
这个想法在我脑海里萦绕许久了，我现在就将它写在纸上。

4. （费力地）吞下；勉强咽下
If you get food or medicine down, you swallow it, especially with difficulty.

e.g. I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.
我咬了一大块面包和奶酪，强咽下去之后开始说话。

1. 从...下来;写下：get down to开始,着手 | get down从......下来;写下 | get into进入,陷入

2. 写下：get by 通过,经过 | get down 写下 | get down to 开始,着手

3. 使沮丧：66. down with打倒,放下 | get down使沮丧 | get down to开始认真做

4. (从...)下来：get back回来 | get down从......下来 | get down on sth.对......产生反感,开始不喜欢