sink

单词音标

sink音标[siŋk]

汉语翻译

n. 藏垢的场所, 沟渠, 污水槽

vi. 下沉, 沉没, 下陷, 减弱, 衰退, 消沉, 堕落, 渗透

vt. 使低落, 使下沉, 陷于, 投入(资金等), 挖掘

【化】 缩孔

【医】 洗涤盆, 洗涤池; 沉; 凹(心电图)

【经】 跌落, 沉没, 丢掉

相关词组:

leave sb to sink or swim

tumble down the sink

sink in

sink sth into sth

sink into vice

sink into a deep sleep

sink or swim

词型变化

形容词:sinkable动词过去式:sank,sunk过去分词:sunk现在分词:sinking第三人称单数:sinks

词意辨析

descend, drop, fall, sink

这些动词都表示“落下，下降”之意。

descend: 通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。

drop: 指物体从一定高度落下。

fall: 与drop同义，指突然或猛烈地降落，但fall也可指任何下落，同高度或形式无关。

sink: 指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。

英语解释

名词 sink:

plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

同义词：sinkhole, swallow hole

a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

同义词：cesspool, cesspit, sump

动词 sink:

fall or drop to a lower place or level

同义词：drop, drop down

cause to sink

pass into a specified state or condition

同义词：pass, lapse

go under, \"The raft sank and its occupants drowned\"

同义词：settle, go down, go under

descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

同义词：subside

appear to move downward

同义词：dip

fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

同义词：slump, fall off

fall or sink heavily

同义词：slump, slide down

embed deeply

同义词：bury

例句

The ship sank.

船沈没。

Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in.

把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。

My feet sank into the mud.

我的双脚陷到泥里去了。

It was several days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal.

过了几天，洪水才退，生活恢复了正常。

The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.

这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。

The dirty dishes are in the sink.

那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。