a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
Adjective:
directed downward;
\\\"a downcast glance\\\"
filled with melancholy and despondency ;
\\\"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face\\\"
\\\"gloomy predictions\\\"
\\\"a gloomy silence\\\"
\\\"took a grim view of the economy\\\"
\\\"the darkening mood\\\"
\\\"lonely and blue in a strange city\\\"
\\\"depressed by the loss of his job\\\"
\\\"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face\\\"
\\\"downcast after his defeat\\\"
\\\"feeling discouraged and downhearted\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The women in the shelter looked at me through downcast eyes. 她們用沮喪的眼神看著我。
He seemed very downcast at the news. 那消息似乎使他非常難過。
Ashamed of his mistake,he stood with downcast eyes. 羞于他的錯誤，他眼睛垂視地站著。
常用短語
downcast shaft
進風井
downcast fault
下落斷層,向下斷層...
downcast side
陷落側
組詞
He\\\'ll get over it..; but just now he\\\'s dreadfully downcast.