新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sink

英 [sɪŋk]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

sinks
1. [C 可数名词] （固定在厨房里的）洗涤槽 , （固定在浴室里的）洗脸盆
A sink is a large fixed container, especially in a kitchen, with taps to supply water.
双语例句
例：
The sink was full of dirty dishes.
水池里满是脏碟子。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

sink in
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 被充分理解 , 被领会
When a statement or fact sinks in, you finally understand or realize it fully.
双语例句
例：
The implication took a while to sink in.
过了一会儿才完全理解了其中的含义。

PHRASE. 习语

sink or swim
1. 自主沉浮
If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail.
双语例句
例：
I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves.
我认为运动员的成败取决于他们如何激励自己。

VERB. 动词

sinks , sinking , sank , sunk
1. [I 不及物动词] 使沉没 , 下沉
If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
双语例句
例：
In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship.
在海战中，你的目标是要击沉敌舰。
例：
The boat was beginning to sink fast.
那艘船开始迅速下沉。
2. [I 不及物动词] 沉没
If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
双语例句
例：
A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.
新鲜鸡蛋会下沉，而不新鲜的会浮起来。
3. [I 不及物动词] 下沉
If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards.
双语例句
例：
Far off to the west the sun was sinking.
远远的，太阳在西边落下。
4. [I 不及物动词] 下降
If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
近义词
fall
双语例句
例：
Share prices would have sunk – hurting small and big investors.
股票价格便会下跌并伤及大大小小的投资者。
例：
Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent.
工资增长已下降到7％左右。
5. [I 不及物动词] （心情）沮丧 , （情绪）低落
If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope.
双语例句
例：
My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl.
我心情沮丧，觉得他会为了一个姑娘而甩了我。
6. [I 不及物动词] 深深切入
If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.
双语例句
例：
I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream.
我咬住一块薄荷奶油糖。
7. [T 及物动词] 打（水井） , 挖（矿井）
If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.
双语例句
例：
the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft.
斯蒂芬森挖第一口矿井时的旧址。
8. [T 及物动词] 投入（资金）
If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.
近义词
plough
双语例句
例：
He has already sunk $25 million into the project.
他已经在这个项目投入了2500万美元。