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letdown (n.)
[letdown 词源字典]
also
let-down
, "disappointment," 1768, from
let
(v.) +
down
(adv.). The verbal phrase is from mid-12c. in a literal sense; figuratively by 1795.
[letdown etymology, letdown origin, 英语词源]