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单词 foundering
释义
Foundering
nnoun.event(of a ship) sinking
Topic:ship
Synset:going under
Derivationally Related Form:founder
Hypernyms:sinking
Inherited Hypernyms:founderingsinkingdescentchange of locationmovementhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialfail utterly; collapse
Synset:fall flat fall through flop founder
Examples:
  • The project foundered
Derivationally Related Form:flop
Hypernyms:fail go wrong miscarry
Inherited Hypernyms:fall throughfail
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: fall flat, fall through, flop, founder)
vverb.motionsink below the surface
Derivationally Related Form:foundering
Hypernyms:go down go under settle sink
Inherited Hypernyms:foundersinkdescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.motionbreak down, literally or metaphorically
Synset:break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way
Examples:
  • The wall collapsed
  • The business collapsed
  • The dam broke
  • The roof collapsed
  • The wall gave in
  • The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Derivationally Related Form:cave incollapse
Hypernyms:change
Inherited Hypernyms:collapsechange
Direct Hyponyms:breakbucklecrumpleflopgo offimplodesinkslide downslump
Full Troponyms:breakbuckleflopimplodeslump
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The business is going to --- (apply to: collapse)
vverb.motionstumble and nearly fall
Examples:
  • the horses foundered
Hypernyms:stumble trip
Inherited Hypernyms:founderstumblemove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
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