| 释义 |
dive /dīv/ intransitive verb (pat dived or (N American) dove /dōv/)- To plunge headfirst into or down through water or down through the air
- (of a submarine) to submerge
- (of an aircraft) to descend steeply, nose-first
- To go headlong into a recess, forest, etc, or suddenly investigate the interior of a container, etc (with into)
- To plunge or go deeply into any matter
- To involve oneself wholeheartedly (with into)
- To pretend to have been tripped by an opposing player in the hope of being awarded a foul (football)
transitive verb To plunge, dip noun- A plunge
- A swoop
- A headlong descent
- A refuge
- A resort, generally disreputable, often underground, eg a bar (slang)
- A subway
- A faked knockout (boxing)
- An instance of pretending to have been tripped by an opposing player (football)
ORIGIN: OE dȳfan, dūfan, from ON dȳfa divˈer noun - A person who dives or can dive
- A person who dives for pearls
- A person who works in a diving suit or from a diving bell beneath water
- Any member of a genus (Gavia) of duck-like diving birds
- (loosely; esp formerly) any of various diving birds such as the auk, grebe, penguin, etc
- A pickpocket (slang)
divˈing noun and adjective diveˈ-bomb transitive verb and intransitive verb - To attack with, or as if with, a dive-bomber
- To discharge bombs while diving
diveˈ-bomber noun An aeroplane that discharges a bomb while in a steep dive diveˈ-bombing noun dive-dappˈer noun (Shakespeare) A didapper, dabchick, little grebe diving beetle noun A predatory water beetle of the Dytiscus genus which traps air beneath its wing cases for breathing under water diving bell noun A hollow vessel or chamber, originally bell-shaped, open at the bottom and supplied with air by a tube from above, in which one may descend into and work under water diving board noun A board for diving from diving suit or (formerly) dress noun A watertight costume for a diver, with special provision for receiving air, etc |