資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Down \Down\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Downed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Downing}.]
   To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to
   overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
   [Archaic or Colloq.] ``To down proud hearts.'' --Sir P.
   Sidney.

         I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the
         wits, once at our house.                 --Madame
                                                  D'Arblay.

資料來源 : WordNet®

Downing
     n : United States landscape architect who designed the grounds
         of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
         [syn: {Andrew Jackson Downing}]