downhill
adverbeadjectifnomverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˌdaʊnˈhɪl//
Down a slope.
adverbe
- 1
Down a slope.
Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.
I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek.
- 2
So as to deteriorate or get worse.
After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.
Étymologie
From down- + hill.
adjectif
- 1
Located towards or at the bottom of a slope or hill.
Moraines are found at the downhill end of a glacier.
- 2
Going down a slope or a hill.
This year's race is on a downhill course.
It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.
- 3
Easy.
That's the hard part of the job done. From now on it's downhill all the way.
nom
- 1
The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
- 2
A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
verbe
- 1
To take part in downhill skiing.
Formes
- pluriel
- downhills
- comparatif
- further downhill, farther downhill
- superlatif
- furthest downhill, farthest downhill
- passé
- downhilled
- participe passé
- downhilled
- participe présent
- downhilling
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- downhills