| 单词 | sink |
| 例句 | sink verb 1.•the coffin sank below the waves:become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend. ANT float, rise. 2.•the cruise liner sank yesterday:founder, go under, submerge. 3.•they sank their ships:scuttle, send to the bottom | scupper. 4.•the announcement sank hopes of a recovery:destroy, ruin, wreck, put an end to, demolish, smash, shatter, dash | informal put the kibosh on, put paid to | informal scupper | archaic bring to naught. 5.•I sank myself in student life:immerse, submerge, plunge, lose, bury. 6.•the plane sank toward the airstrip:descend, drop, go down/downward. ANT ascend. 7.•the sun was sinking:set, go down/downward. ANT rise. 8.•Loretta sank into an armchair:lower oneself, flop, collapse, fall, drop down, slump | informal plunk oneself. 9.•her voice sank to a whisper:fall, drop, become/get quieter, become/get softer. ANT rise. 10.•she would never sink to your level:stoop, lower oneself, descend. 11.•he was sinking fast:deteriorate, decline, fade, grow weak, flag, waste away | be at death's door, be on one's deathbed, be slipping away | informal go downhill, be on one's last legs, be giving up the ghost. ANT recover, improve. 12.•sink the pots into the ground:embed, insert, drive, plant. 13.•sinking a gold mine:dig, excavate, bore, drill. 14.•they sank their life savings into the company:invest, venture, risk.▶noun •he washed himself at the sink:basin, wash basin | dated lavabo. PHRASES sink in •bad news like this often takes time to sink in:register, be understood, be comprehended, be grasped, get through. |
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