| 单词 | sink |
| 释义 | Word Frequency sink(sɪŋk) verbWord forms: sinks, sinking, sank, sunk or sunken 1. to descend or cause to descend, esp beneath the surface of a liquid or soft substance 2. (intransitive) to appear to move down towards or descend below the horizon 3. (intransitive) to slope downwards; dip 4. (intr; often foll by in or into) to pass into or gradually enter a specified lower state or condition to sink into apathy 5. to make or become lower in volume, pitch, etc 6. to make or become lower in value, price, etc 7. (intransitive) to become weaker in health, strength, etc 8. to decline or cause to decline in moral value, worth, etc 9. (intransitive) to seep or penetrate 10. (transitive) to suppress or conceal he sank his worries in drink 11. (transitive) to dig, cut, drill, bore, or excavate (a hole, shaft, etc) 12. (transitive) to drive into the ground to sink a stake 13. (tr; usually foll by in or into) a. to invest (money) b. to lose (money) in an unwise or unfortunate investment 14. (transitive) to pay (a debt) 15. (intransitive) to become hollow; cave in his cheeks had sunk during his illness 16. (transitive) to hit, throw, or propel (a ball) into a hole, basket, pocket, etc she sank a 15-foot putt 17. (transitive) British informal to drink, esp quickly he sank three pints in half an hour 18. sink or swim noun 19. a fixed basin, esp in a kitchen, made of stone, earthenware, metal, etc, used for washing 20. sinkhole 21. another word for cesspool 22. a place of vice or corruption 23. an area of ground below that of the surrounding land, where water collects 24. physics a device or part of a system at which energy is removed from the system a heat sink adjective 25. informal (of a housing estate or school) deprived or having low standards of achievement Derived forms sinkable (ˈsinkable) adjective Word origin Old English sincan; related to Old Norse sökkva to sink, Gothic siggan, Old High German sincan, Swedish sjunka |
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