| 释义 |
[ suhng-kuhn ] / ˈsʌŋ kən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sunken ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving sunk or been sunk beneath the surface; submerged. having settled to a lower level, as walls. situated or lying on a lower level: a sunken living room. hollow; depressed: sunken cheeks. verbObsolete. a past participle of sink. VIDEO FOR SUNKENWATCH NOW: How This Horror Movie Term Became A Real Life MetaphorHow did the fictional term "sunken place" become an actual term that the black community uses in real life? MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM Origin of sunkenFirst recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, past participle of sinken to sink OTHER WORDS FROM sunkenhalf-sunken, adjectiveun·sunk·en, adjectiveWords nearby sunkensun god, sun grebe, sunhat, sun hemp, sunk, sunken, sunken garden, sunket, sunk fence, Sun King, sunk relief Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sunkenNow in his early thirties, his cheeks are sunken from smoking too much hash. Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan|Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was a first-class lounge with a sunken well and cocktail bar. The Sexy Dream of the 747|Clive Irving|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST After he disembarked the sunken ship, Schettino told reporters that he accepts responsibility for his role in the disaster. Captain Schettino Returns to Costa Concordia Crime Scene|Barbie Latza Nadeau|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then he pointed to my sunken cheeks where a couple gray whiskers poked through. The Fourth War: My Lunch with a Jihadi|Elliot Ackerman|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The clothes generated electronic sounds that played in the night club, whilst the audience watched from sunken sofas. Iris Van Herpen Spring/Summer 2014: Sonic Youth|Liza Foreman|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Her face was yellow; her eyes were sunken and dull; her hands trembled. A Daughter of the Vine|Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton He had just risen from a sick bed; his features were sunken, his voice hollow, and his whole appearance haggard and terrible. Lives of Celebrated Women|Samuel Griswold Goodrich And there were so many of themthose poor creatures down there, with their wasted forms and sunken eyes! The Turn of the Tide|Eleanor H. Porter The two craft drifted abreast of each other about midway of the sunken basin. The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various Looking seaward, we saw the hull of the sunken Majestic, a perpetual sign of the limitations of "sea power." With Manchesters in the East|Gerald B. Hurst
British Dictionary definitions for sunken
verba past participle of sink adjectiveunhealthily hollowsunken cheeks situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one situated under water; submerged depressed; lowsunken spirits Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sunkenimmersed, buried, recessed, indented, concave |