请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

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。

随便看

 

青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了86352条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Qntrip.com All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/8 21:57:12