新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sink

英  [sɪŋk]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • sinks

    1[C 可数名词] (固定在厨房里的)洗涤槽 , (固定在浴室里的)洗脸盆

    A sink is a large fixed container, especially in a kitchen, with taps to supply water.

    双语例句

    例:

    The sink was full of dirty dishes.

    水池里满是脏碟子。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • sink in

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 被充分理解 , 被领会

    When a statement or fact sinks in, you finally understand or realize it fully.

    双语例句

    例:

    The implication took a while to sink in.

    过了一会儿才完全理解了其中的含义。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • sink or swim

    1自主沉浮

    If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail.

    双语例句

    例:

    I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves.

    我认为运动员的成败取决于他们如何激励自己。

    VERB. 动词
  • sinks , sinking , sank , sunk

    1[I 不及物动词] 使沉没 , 下沉

    If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.

    双语例句

    例:

    In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship.

    在海战中,你的目标是要击沉敌舰。

    例:

    The boat was beginning to sink fast.

    那艘船开始迅速下沉。

    2[I 不及物动词] 沉没

    If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.

    双语例句

    例:

    A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.

    新鲜鸡蛋会下沉,而不新鲜的会浮起来。

    3[I 不及物动词] 下沉

    If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards.

    双语例句

    例:

    Far off to the west the sun was sinking.

    远远的,太阳在西边落下。

    4[I 不及物动词] 下降

    If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.

    近义词

    fall

    双语例句

    例:

    Share prices would have sunk – hurting small and big investors.

    股票价格便会下跌并伤及大大小小的投资者。

    例:

    Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent.

    工资增长已下降到7%左右。

    5[I 不及物动词] (心情)沮丧 , (情绪)低落

    If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope.

    双语例句

    例:

    My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl.

    我心情沮丧,觉得他会为了一个姑娘而甩了我。

    6[I 不及物动词] 深深切入

    If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream.

    我咬住一块薄荷奶油糖。

    7[T 及物动词] 打(水井) , 挖(矿井)

    If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.

    双语例句

    例:

    the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft.

    斯蒂芬森挖第一口矿井时的旧址。

    8[T 及物动词] 投入(资金)

    If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.

    近义词

    plough

    双语例句

    例:

    He has already sunk $25 million into the project.

    他已经在这个项目投入了2500万美元。