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单词 sag
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sag /sæg/USA pronunciation   v., sagged, sag•ging, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to sink downward by or as if by weight:His body sagged under the weight of carrying her.
  2. to decline or become less in strength or intensity:Our spirits began to sag.
  3. to decline or go down in value:The stock market sagged today.

n. [countable]
  1. an act or instance of sagging.
sag•gy, adj., -gi•er, -gi•est. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sag  (sag),USA pronunciation v., sagged, sag•ging, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, esp. in the middle:The roof sags.
  2. to hang down unevenly;
    droop:Her skirt was sagging.
  3. to droop;
    hang loosely:His shoulders sagged.
  4. to yield through weakness, lack of effort, or the like:Our spirits began to sag.
  5. to decline, as in price:The stock market sagged today.
  6. [Naut.]
    • Naval Terms(of a hull) to droop at the center or have excessive sheer because of structural weakness. Cf. hog (def. 16).
    • Naval Termsto be driven to leeward;
      to make too much leeway.

v.t. 
  1. to cause to sag.

n. 
  1. an act or instance of sagging.
  2. the degree of sagging.
  3. a place where anything sags;
    depression.
  4. a moderate decline in prices.
  5. [Naut.]
    • Naval Termsdeflection downward of a hull amidships, due to structural weakness.
    • Naval Termsleeway (def. 3).
  • Scandinavian; compare Norwegian sagga to move slowly (akin to Low German sacken to sink, Norwegian, Danish sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka to slow up, fall behind)
  • late Middle English saggen (verb, verbal), probably 1375–1425
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged weaken, flag, tire, weary.

SAG  (sag),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Show Business, See Screen Actors Guild. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sag /sæɡ/ vb (sags, sagging, sagged)(mainly intr)
  1. (also tr) to sink or cause to sink in parts, as under weight or pressure: the bed sags in the middle
  2. to fall in value: prices sagged to a new low
  3. to hang unevenly; droop
  4. (of courage, spirits, etc) to weaken; flag
n
  1. the act or an instance of sagging: a sag in profits
  2. the extent to which a vessel's keel sags at the centre
Etymology: 15th Century: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish sacka, Dutch zakken, Norwegian dialect sakka to subside, Danish sakke to lag behind
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