sink读音

1. 使沉没，使下沉
2. 低落
3. 下陷，陷落
4. 减弱，降低
5. 衰微，衰弱
6. （使）下垂
7. 隐匿，消失
8. 摒除
9. 渗透
10. 坐下
11. 筋疲力尽地垂下
12. 倒下
13. 堕落；消沉
14. 沉入，下沉，沉没，沉入地平线下
15. 使陷入
16. 挖掘
17. 抑制
18. 坍下去，塌下去
19. 使衰弱
20. 使没落，使败落
21. 损害，毁坏，搞垮，使完蛋
22. 使颓然下垂
23. 把...插入
24. 刻，雕
25. 投资于...
26. 弄沉，击沉

1. 阴沟，污水坑
2. 水池
3. 洼地
4. 洗脸槽，洗涤糟
5. 藏污纳垢的场所
6. 海洋
7. 水斗，水槽
8. 渗水坑
9. 【地】落水洞
10. 巢窟
11. 湖沼
12. 【物】中子吸收剂
13. 变换器，换能器，转发器

1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;

   "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
   

3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

1. fall or descend to a lower place or level;

   "He sank to his knees"
   

2. cause to sink;

   "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
   

3. pass into a specified state or condition;

   "He sank into nirvana"
   

4. go under,

   "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
   

5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

   "He sank into bed"
   "She subsided into the chair"
   

6. appear to move downward;

   "The sun dipped below the horizon"
   "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
   

7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

   "The real estate market fell off"
   

8. fall or sink heavily;

   "He slumped onto the couch"
   "My spirits sank"
   

9. embed deeply;

   "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"
   "He buried his head in her lap"
   

1.(厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽
Asink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes.

e.g. Thesink was full of dirty dishes.
水槽里堆满了脏碟子。
e.g. ...the kitchensink.
厨房洗涤槽

2.同 washbasin 或 basin
Asink is the same as awashbasin orbasin .

e.g. The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
卫生间里装了两个抽水马桶、两个淋浴器、和两个洗脸盆。

3.(使)下沉;(使)沉没
If a boatsinks or if someone or somethingsinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.

e.g. In a naval battle your aim is tosink the enemy's ship...
在海战中目标就是击沉敌船。
e.g. The boat was beginning tosink fast...
小船开始快速下沉。

4.下沉;沉没
If somethingsinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.

e.g. A fresh egg willsink and an old egg will float.
新鲜鸡蛋会沉下去而不新鲜的会浮在上面。

5.缓慢下降;下陷;沉降
If somethingsinks, it moves slowly downwards.

e.g. Far off to the west the sun was sinking...
远处夕阳西下。
e.g. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began tosink.
他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。

6.坐下;跪下
If yousink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling.

e.g. Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...
凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。
e.g. She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...
她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。

7.下降;减少;下跌
If somethingsinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.

e.g. Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors...
股票价格就会下跌——大小投资者均会遭受打击。
e.g. Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...
工资增长率已降至 7％左右。

8.贫困的;条件不好的
People usesink school orsink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources.

e.g. ...unemployed teenagers fromsink estates...
来自贫困地区的无业青少年
e.g. He has transformed Chicago'ssink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。

9.(声音)变小，降低，变低
If your voicesinks, it becomes quieter.

e.g. Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying...
她的声音变小了，他走近了些想听清楚她在说什么。
e.g. Her voice had sunk to a whisper.
她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。

10.逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境)
Tosink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it.

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e.g. She'd sometimessink into depression...
她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
e.g. That night he sank into a deep coma...
那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。

11.(心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落
If your heart or your spiritssink, you become depressed or lose hope.

e.g. My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...
我的心情一下子很沮丧，以为他要为了另一个女孩和我分手。
e.g. Her spirits sank lower and lower.
她的情绪越来越低落。

12.(使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入
If something sharpsinks oris sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.

sink的意思

e.g. He sinks the needle into my arm...
他将针插入我的胳膊。
e.g. I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...
我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。

13.挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等)
If someonesinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.

e.g. ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...
斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方
e.g. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。

14.把(资金)投入(企业或项目)
If yousink moneyinto a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.

e.g. He has already sunk $25million into the project.
他在这项目上已经投资了 2,500 万美元了。

15.猛喝，灌(酒)
If someonesinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly.

e.g. She sank two glasses of white wine.
她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。

16.(高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋
In golf, snooker, and some other games, if yousink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole.

e.g. He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes.
他在最后的三洞中完成了两个非常关键的击球入洞。

17. see also: sinking;sunk

18.自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦
If you say that someone will have tosink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail.

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e.g. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms tosink or swim too quickly...
政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。
e.g. It was very muchsink or swim.
这很大程度上就是不成功便沉沦。

相关词组：sink in

1. The ship struck the rocks and sank.
   那船触礁沉没了。
2. This rubber ball won't sink; it floats.
   这个橡皮球不会沉,它浮着。
3. The sun is sinking in the west.
   夕阳西下。
4. The foundations have sunk.
   地基下陷了。
5. The ground suddenly sank.
   地面突然陷下去了。
6. His heart sank.
   他感到沮丧。
7. His heart sank at the thought.
   想到这个他情绪低落。
8. The patient is sinking fast and won't live much longer.
   病人迅速衰弱下去,不会活多久了。
9. The prices are sinking.
   物价下跌了。
10. Her voice had sunk even lower as she went on.
    她的声音越说越低。
11. The population of the island has sunk from 5000 to 3000.
    这个岛上的人口从5000下降到3000。

1. The big guns sank the ship.
   大炮击沉了那艘船。
2. The enemy sank a merchant ship. It sank with the loss of 200 lives.
   敌人击沉了一艘商船,随着该船的沉没有200人丧生。
3. Our aircraft sank the submarine by dropping depth bombs.
   我们的飞机用深水炸弹炸沉了潜艇。
4. A little leak will sink a great ship.
   小漏洞能使大船沉没。
5. They sank a well in the garden.
   他们在花园里挖了一口井。
6. The workers sank a mine shaft at the foot of the mountain.
   工人们在山脚挖了一个矿井。
7. They are going to sink fence posts around the house.
   他们打算围绕着房子打篱笆桩。
8. They sank the post one foot deep in the ground.
   他们把这根柱子在地下埋了一英尺深。
9. Let us sink our differences, and work together.
   让我们摒弃分歧,一起工作吧。
10. The lack of money will certainly sink our plan.
    资金短缺准会毁了我们的计划。
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11. The enemy ship was sunk by a shell.
    敌舰被炮弹击沉。
12. This was how the first oil well was sunk.
    第一口油井就是这样打出来的。

1. They tried in every way possible to rescue the sinking boat.
   他们想尽一切办法来援救这艘下沉的船。

1. The dirty dishes are in the sink.
   脏碟子在洗涤槽中。
2. She accused a sink of corruption.
   她指出了腐化的渊薮。
3. I commit myself to make up for past mistakes to fight a sink of corruption and injustices.
   我决心弥补我过去的错误,去同贪污腐化的渊薮和各种不公正的现象作斗争。
4. The part of the town is a sink of iniquity.
   小城的那一部分是一个藏污纳垢的场所。

• They leaped into the canal water, and he let himself sink down and down to the bottom.

  出自：R. Bradbury

• It rolled..off the raft and sank without hesitation to the bottom of the tank.

  出自：M. Frayn

• I sank into the mud.

  出自：L. Hellman

• The film..sank virtually without trace.

  出自：Times

sink, descend, drop, fall

这四个词都可表示物体向下降落。它们之间的区别是:

1.sink指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉; descend则通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降; 而drop与fall均可指急速地向下坠落,可直可斜。例如:

The walk descends sharply.小路下倾得很厉害。

The ship struck against the rocks and sank.那船触礁沉没了。

We saw an apple falling〔dropping〕 down from the tree yesterday.昨天我们看见一个苹果从树上掉下来。

2.drop指物体由于重力从高处往下落; fall指物体由于不明原因或物体本身失去平衡而向下降落,有自然下落的意思。例如:

She dropped the cup.她把杯子弄掉了。

Leaves fall in autumn.秋天树叶下落。

3.drop通常是有意识、有目的地下落; 而fall则往往是无意识地下落。例如:

The enemy planes dropped bombs.敌机投下了炸弹。

Rain is falling fast.雨下得很大。

4.drop引申可表示物价的降落; sink还可指精力或意识逐渐丧失。例如:

The price of oil has dropped sharply.石油价格暴跌。

His heart sank.他感到沮丧。

5.drop一般用作及物动词,偶尔也用作不及物动词; fall则通常用作不及物动词。

下面两句意思不同：

His eyes sank.

他目光下垂。

His eyes sank in.

他眼睛下陷。

descend，drop，fall，sink

这些动词都表示“落下，下降”之意。

descend通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。

drop指物体从一定高度落下。

fall与drop同义，指突然或猛烈地降落，但fall也可指任何下落，同高度或形式无关。

sink指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。