词汇 | sink |
释义 | sink /sɪŋk/ (过去式: sank /saŋk/; 过去完成式: sunk /sʌŋk/, sunken /`sʌŋkṇ/; 现在进行式: sinking) v.i. To fall or go downward; fall to the bottom; descend lower and lower. 落;沉。 The moon sank behind the mountains. 月亮落于山后。 To decline gradually, as in strength. 力竭;衰微;(如气功)衰弱。 The patient's health seemed to sink overnight. 病人的体力似乎在一夜之间衰竭。 Hence, to degenerate. 堕落。 I never thought he'd sink to cheating at cards. 我从未想到他会沦至诈赌的地步。 To become depressed or hollow: often said of the cheeks. 凹入;陷下(常指两颊而言)。 His face sank when he heard the sad news. 当他得知此恶耗时,脸色沉下来。 To enter deeply. 深入;深印。 to sink into the mind 深印心头。 To subside. 陷落;降落。 A flood soon sinks. 洪水退得快。 To incline downward. 倾斜。 The land sinks at this point towards sea-level. 陆地在此处向海平面倾斜。 v.t. To cause to go to the bottom. 使下沉。 to sink ships 沉舟。 To make by digging downward. 下掘;开凿。 to sink a well 掘井。 To place in the excavation made. 置于穴中。 to sink a shaft 置桩柱。 To lower in value or amount. 减低(价值或数量)。 To reduce or extinguish by payment. 减债;清偿。 to sink the national debt 清偿国债。 To degrade; debase. 堕落;贬损。 n. A kind of basin, as in a kitchen, with a drain to carry off dirty or superfluous water. (厨房中之)水槽。 Any slight depression of the land, esp. one that has no water outlet, or an underground one. 【地】(地面之)陷穴;无水流出口之洼地。 Place of vice and corruption. 藏污纳垢之所。 Natural disposal of particles in the atmosphere. (粒子再阿气中的)自然排列。 phrases sink an estate 经营不善而使产业衰落;债台高筑唯有变卖产业方可偿清。 sink (soak) in (a)【口】完全被了解。(b)穿透。(c)刻骨铭心。 sink in one's estimation 失去某人的信任。 sink in the world 没落;式微。 sink into the mind 铭刻于心;留深切持久之印象。 sink money 作不智的投资。 sink one's teeth into 咬。 sink or swim (a)成败全靠自己。(b)无论如何;不管成败。 leave (sb) to sink (swim) 将(某人)抛弃。 |
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