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Sink

[sɪŋk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe.

(noun.) (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; 'the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide'.

(verb.) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; 'He sank into bed'; 'She subsided into the chair'.

(verb.) pass into a specified state or condition; 'He sank into nirvana'.

(verb.) fall or descend to a lower place or level; 'He sank to his knees'.

(verb.) cause to sink; 'The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor'.

(verb.) go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'.

阿蒂整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

(v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

(v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

(v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

(v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

(v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

(v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

(v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

(v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

(v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.

(v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

(v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

(n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

(n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

(n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.

胡安編輯

同義詞及近義詞:

v. n. [1]. Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.[2]. Penetrate, enter.[3]. Be depressed, be overwhelmed.[4]. Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.

v. a. [1]. Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.[2]. Dig, excavate, scoop out.[3]. Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.[4]. Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.[5]. Suppress, conceal, keep close.[6]. Reduce.

n. Drain, sewer.

校對:索尼亚

同義詞及反義詞:

SYN:Fall, descend, drop, subside, penetrate, soak, droop, decline, weary, flag,decay, decrease, diminish, abate, lower, immerse, submerge, depress, degrade,drown, reduce, attenuate, suppress

ANT:Rise, ascend, soar, swell, Increase, flourish, revive, float, heighten,promote, exalt, enhance, rescue, foster, encourage, perpetuate, promulgate,divulge

手打:菲尔

解釋/意思:

v.i. to fall to the bottom: to fall down: to descend lower: to fall gradually: to fall below the surface: to enter deeply: to be impressed: to be overwhelmed: to fail in strength.—v.t. to cause to sink: to put under water: to keep out of sight: to suppress: to degrade: to cause to decline or fall: to plunge into destruction: to make by digging or delving: to pay absolutely: to lower in value or amount: to lessen:—pa.t. sank sunk; pa.p. sunk sunk′en.—n. a drain to carry off dirty water: a box or vessel connected with a drain for receiving dirty water: an abode of degraded persons: a general receptacle: an area in which a river sinks and disappears: a depression in a stereotype plate: a stage trap-door for shifting scenery: in mining an excavation less than a shaft.—ns. Sink′er anything which causes a sinking esp. a weight fixed to a fishing-line; Sink′-hole a hole for dirty water to run through; Sink′ing a subsidence: a depression.—adj. causing to sink.—n. Sink′ing-fund a fund formed by setting aside income every year to accumulate at interest for the purpose of paying off debt.—adj. Sink′ing-ripe (Shak.) dead-ripe about to fall off.—n. Sink′room a scullery.

編輯:莉莉

例句/造句/用法:

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