| 单词 | sink without a trace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sink without (a) trace P6. to sink without (a) trace: to disappear from the record; to fail, without having left a mark. Also: to sink (a person or thing) without (a) trace: to cause (a person or thing) to disappear in this way (chiefly in passive). [Originally after German spurlos versinken, subsequently also spurlos versenken (compare spurlos versenkt adj.).] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid > sink without trace to sink without (a) trace1823 1823 tr. A. H. Niemeyer Trav. on Continent & in Eng. in R. Phillips New Voy. & Trav. IX. 10 The last tops of all the steeples..all sunk without a trace [Ger alles ist spurlos versunken]. 1932 Univ. of Iowa Stud. in Soc. Sci. Dec. 139 Intractable members of Congress from Allison's home district were sunk without trace. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here xii. 142 The whole shooting-match would have sunk without trace. 1983 Sunday Tel. 17 Apr. 18/5 An elixir which could revitalise Britain [sc. nationalism] has been sunk without trace like some dreadful form of noxious waste. 2012 Bollywood Post (U.K. ed.) 11 Sept. 11/1 Her comeback film Aaja Nachle sank without a trace, but that hasn't deterred Madhuri Dixit Nene. to sink (a person or thing) without (a) trace P6. to sink without (a) trace: to disappear from the record; to fail, without having left a mark. Also: to sink (a person or thing) without (a) trace: to cause (a person or thing) to disappear in this way (chiefly in passive). [Originally after German spurlos versinken, subsequently also spurlos versenken (compare spurlos versenkt adj.).] ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid > sink without trace to sink without (a) trace1823 1823 tr. A. H. Niemeyer Trav. on Continent & in Eng. in R. Phillips New Voy. & Trav. IX. 10 The last tops of all the steeples..all sunk without a trace [Ger alles ist spurlos versunken]. 1932 Univ. of Iowa Stud. in Soc. Sci. Dec. 139 Intractable members of Congress from Allison's home district were sunk without trace. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here xii. 142 The whole shooting-match would have sunk without trace. 1983 Sunday Tel. 17 Apr. 18/5 An elixir which could revitalise Britain [sc. nationalism] has been sunk without trace like some dreadful form of noxious waste. 2012 Bollywood Post (U.K. ed.) 11 Sept. 11/1 Her comeback film Aaja Nachle sank without a trace, but that hasn't deterred Madhuri Dixit Nene. < as lemmas |
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