中英互译
sink
英 /sɪŋk/美 /sɪŋk/
基本释义
- v.下沉，沉没；使失败，受挫；下降，下陷；倒下，坐下；衰退，恶化；渗透，渐渐陷入；减少，降低；（声音）变低，变小；堕落，沉沦；挖掘；插入，打入；投进，滚进；投资；<英，非正式>喝（酒）
- adj.<英>贫困的，贫民窟的
- n.水槽，水池；洼地，渗坑；<英，喻>位于社会贫困地区的学校或房产；<喻>藏垢的场所；<技>汇，壑
- 人名 （Sink）（美、英、罗）辛克（人名）
复数sinks
第三人称单数sinks
现在分词sinking
过去式sank或sunk
过去分词sunk或sunken
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词语例句
下沉，沉没vt.&vi.
四级六级The boat will sink unless we bail out.
我们若不排水，船就要沉。
We sank the enemy's ship today.
今天我们击沉了敌军的船只。
The battleship was sunk by a torpedo.
战列舰被鱼雷击沉了。
使失败，受挫vt.&vi.
I think I've just sunk my chances of getting the job.
我想，我是葬送了得到那份工作的机会。
If the car breaks down, we'll be sunk.
要是车坏了，咱们可就惨了。
下降，下陷vi.
The sun was sinking in the west.
太阳西坠。
倒下，坐下vi.
She sank back into her seat, exhausted.
她筋疲力尽，又坐回椅子上。
- He decided to scour the sink.他决定把水池擦洗干净。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The boat was beginning to sink fast.那艘船开始迅速下沉。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The boat will sink unless we bail out.我们若不排水，船就要沉。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- sink without trace销声匿迹
- sink your differences摒除歧见
- sink into sth.陷入……
- sink back倒下，颓然坐下
- sb.'s heart sinks某人心情沮丧
- sink into陷入……
- heat sink散热器；吸热部件；冷源
- sink in渗入；完全被理解
- sink into陷入
- kitchen sink激进现实主义；厨房洗涤池；厨房洗涤盆
- sink down沉落
- sink or swim成败全靠自己
- sink mark凹印
- data sink数据接收器；数据宿；数据池；数据接收装置
- sink drain落水管；掉在水里管；洗涤池排水管图片；落
- Sink marks缩影；缩水痕；凹陷；缩水
- sink in被了解；完全理解；被完全理解；被理解
词语扩展
词义分布
水槽
28.5%
下沉
22.5%
沉
19.8%
沉没
10.6%
汇
7.9%
洗涤槽
3.9%
陷
2.8%
沉降
1.4%
沉陷
1.3%
渗透
1.3%
英英释义
- n.plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
- n.(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- n.a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- n.a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- v.fall or drop to a lower place or level
- v.cause to sink
- n.a large fixed container in a kitchen or a bathroom that you can fill with water
洗涤槽；洗碗池；盥洗池- The sink was filled with dirty dishes.洗碗池里堆满了脏盘子。
- The bathroom has a toilet, a shower and a sink.卫生间里有马桶、淋浴和盥洗池。
- v.to go below the surface of the water
沉没；下沉- The boat hit the rocks and began to sink.船撞上了礁石，开始下沉。
- v.to move slowly down, to a lower level
缓缓下降；沉降- The sun was sinking in the west.夕阳在缓缓西下。
词源
- sink来自古英语sincan, 来自原始日耳曼语*sinkwaną, 来自原始印欧语*sengʷ-("to fall, sink"). 参见西弗里斯语sinke, 低地德语sinken, 荷兰语zinken, 德语sinken, 丹麦语和nb synke, 瑞典语sjunka.
- sink(使)下沉，下落来源于日耳曼语。
- sink下沉，下陷，沉没来自古英语 sincan,下沉，下陷，来自 Proto-Germanic*senkwan,下沉，下陷，来自 PIE*sengw, 下沉，下陷，词源同 sag,saggy.