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dive

英  [daɪv]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • dives

    1[C 可数名词] 跳水

    A dive is when you jump head first into some water, with your arms held straight above your head.

    双语例句

    例:

    Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.

    早些时,帕特曾从卡泽姆大桥进行过80英尺高的跳水。

    2[C 可数名词] 潜水

    A dive is when you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.

    双语例句

    例:

    This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.

    我在撒丁岛外一艘沉船附近潜水时看到了这一幕。

    3[C 可数名词] 冲 , 扑

    A dive in a particular direction or into a particular place is when you jump or move there quickly.

    双语例句

    例:

    He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up.

    他猛地抱住吉姆大叔的双腿,试图将他扳倒。

    4[C 可数名词] (股票、利润、数字等)骤降

    If shares, profits, or figures take a dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount.

    双语例句

    例:

    Stock prices took a dive.

    股票价格暴跌。

    5[C 可数名词] 低级酒吧 , 低级夜总会

    If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable.

    双语例句

    例:

    We've played in all the little clubs and dives around Philadelphia.

    我们玩遍了费城所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会。

    VERB. 动词
  • dives , diving , dived

    1[I 不及物动词] 跳水

    If you dive into some water, you jump in head first with your arms held straight above your head.

    双语例句

    例:

    He tried to escape by diving into a river.

    他企图跳入河中逃走。

    例:

    She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.

    她正站在池边,准备跳进去。

    2[I 不及物动词] 潜水

    If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.

    双语例句

    例:

    Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.

    贝赞尼克正在潜水采集海洋生物。

    3[I 不及物动词] (鸟等动物)俯冲

    When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head first, through the air or through water.

    双语例句

    例:

    a pelican which had just dived for a fish.

    一只刚刚下潜捕鱼的鹈鹕。

    4[I 不及物动词] 跃向 , 冲向

    If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.

    近义词

    leap

    双语例句

    例:

    They dived into a taxi.

    他们冲进了出租车。

    5[I 不及物动词] (股票、利润、数字等)突然暴跌

    If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount.

    双语例句

    例:

    They feared the stock could dive after its first day of trading.

    他们担心这支股票在其第一个交易日后会暴跌。

    例:

    Profits have dived from $7.7m to $7.1m.

    利润从770万美元骤跌至710万美元。

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