Plunge
[plʌn(d)ʒ] or [plʌndʒ]
解释:
(noun.) a steep and rapid fall.
(verb.) cause to be immersed; 'The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text'.
(verb.) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; 'She plunged at it eagerly'.
(verb.) fall abruptly; 'It plunged to the bottom of the well'.
(verb.) begin with vigor; 'He launched into a long diatribe'; 'She plunged into a dangerous adventure'.
编辑:桑德拉--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
(v. t.) To baptize by immersion.
(v. t.) To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
(v. i.) To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
(v. i.) To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
(v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
(n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.
(n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
(n.) The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
(n.) Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
编辑:卢克
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Immerse, submerge, dip, souse, douse, put under water (or other liquid).
v. n. Dive, pitch, thrust one's self, cast one's self.
n. Dive, dip, ducking.
录入:里基
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Dip, dive, douse, duck, submerge, immerse, precipitate, sink, overwhelm,thrust_under, pitch_headlong
ANT:Emerge, issue, soar, raise, extricate, rescue
手打:玛莎
解释:
v.t. to cast suddenly into water or other fluid: to force suddenly (into): to immerse.—v.i. to sink suddenly into any fluid: to dive: to pitch suddenly forward and throw up the hind-legs as a horse: to rush into any danger: (slang) to gamble recklessly.—n. act of plunging: act of rushing headlong as a horse.—n. Plung′er one who plunges: a diver: a long solid cylinder used as a forcer in pumps: (mil.) a cavalry-man: one who bets heavily.—adj. Plung′ing rushing headlong: aimed from higher ground as fire upon an enemy.—n. the putting or sinking under water or other fluid: the act of a horse trying to throw its rider.—Plunge bath a bath large enough to allow the whole body under water.
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例句:
- She wanted to plunge on and on, till she came to the end of the valley of snow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- At last she took a great resolution--made the great plunge. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Suddenly, with a plunge, as of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp clang of the bell. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- With a plunge of enjoyment, Fledgeby settled himself afresh. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Better die at once--better plunge a poinard in her bosom, still untouched by drear adversity, and then again sheathe it in my own! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I felt as if, from the order of the systematic world, I had plunged into chaos, obscure, contrary, unintelligible. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Inexperienced in government, she plunged into all manner of useless expenditure, and swamped her treasury almost in a day. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In experiment 14 an electric light carbon heated to a red heat at its tip, is plunged vertically into a deep glass of liquid oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Instantly, Clayton, followed by the two old men, plunged into the jungle, calling the girl's name aloud. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- There seems to have been as little reason in the foreign policy that now plunged Europe into a fresh cycle of wars. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Miss Briggs and I are plunged in grief and despondency for the death of our Papa, Rebecca said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The darkness seemed to be swaying in waves across his mind, great waves of darkness plunging across his mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He was divided entirely between his spirit, which stood outside, and knew, and his body, that was a plunging, unconscious stroke of blood. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- You villain, why do you shrink from plunging into the irretrievable Gazette? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The world was torn in two, and he was plunging like an unlit star through the ineffable rift. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- They went right to the bows of the softly plunging vessel. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Jos succeeded in plunging into the coat, and came forward blushing and stuttering out excuses to his fair visitor. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Then plunging his hands and head into the fountain, he washed from them all marks of the midnight revel. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If this quantity of water plunges over a 10-ft. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Some people say that the manager just plunges his hand into the heap and takes the first that comes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Oliver's vigorous plunges against the bit of timber in question, rendered this occurance highly probable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- After all, when one was fulfilled, one was happiest in falling into death, as a bitter fruit plunges in its ripeness downwards. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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