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letdown
[ let-doun ]
noun
- a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.:
a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
- disillusionment, discouragement, or disappointment:
The job was a letdown.
- depression; deflation:
He felt a terrible letdown at the end of the play.
- the accelerated movement of milk into the mammary glands of lactating mammals upon stimulation, as by massage or suckling.
- Aeronautics. the descent of an aircraft from a higher to a lower altitude preparatory to making an approach and landing or to making a target run or the like.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of letdown1
Example Sentences
Rivers said the team鈥檚 playoff letdown that year doesn鈥檛 bother him because he knows the players鈥 hearts weren鈥檛 in it.
鈥淥ur guys do a really good job of doing that, which as a byproduct, guards against any type of letdown.鈥
鈥淎nd I think that managing high expectations that we have every year, I think our guys do a really good job of doing that, which as a byproduct guards against any type of letdown.鈥
Practically before the Bruins could say letdown, Tennessee had rolled off eight consecutive points to surge into a 32-25 halftime lead.
Season two of Squid Game has received reviews as mixed as a Christmas selection box, with TV critics calling it everything from "sensational" to "a letdown".
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