一、详细释义:
n.
水槽,洗涤槽;污水坑
例句:
The sink overflowed and the kitchen floor was awash.
洗涤槽的水溢出来了,厨房里满地都是水。
例句:
Tip the dirty water out of the bowl and into the sink.
把盆里的脏水倒入洗涤槽里。
v.
(使)下沉 [I,T]
例句:
He beheld the boat sink.
他注视着那条船下沉。
例句:
A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏不补沉大船。
渐渐进入;淹没 [I]
例句:
Don't let yourself sink into despair.
别让自己陷入绝望的境地。
例句:
Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.
在罪恶中漂浮者终将在悲哀中沉没。
使低落;消沉 [I,T]
例句:
How could he sink to such depths?
他怎么会消沉到这种地步呢?
例句:
These questions will sink you instead of help to lift you up.
这些问题不会让你振作,只会让你消沉下去。
渗透 [I]
例句:
Never did music more sink into and soothe and fill me.
音乐从未如此渗透我的心灵。
例句:
It might sink slowly through the soil into the natural holding areas in the rock.
也许它会通过土地慢慢渗透到岩层里的天然蓄水区。
挖掘 [T]
例句:
To sink a well and plough the fields.
凿井耕田。
例句:
He paused long enough to allow that to sink in——give Clyde the feeling that he was an interloper indeed.
他停顿了相当时间,好让这句话打进心坎,让克莱德感觉到自己实在是个没有一点能耐的人。
二、词义辨析:
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。
三、相关短语:
sink in
沉入,渗入;深深感到,充分认识到
heat sink
热沉,热耗,吸热部件,吸热器,散热片吸热,散热器,散热装置
kitchen sink
厨房洗涤池, 激进现实主义【医】 厨房洗涤盆
四、参考例句:
to sink a shaft
挖竖井
He beheld the boat sink.
他注视着那条船下沉。
How could he sink to such depths?
他怎么会消沉到这种地步呢?
There's a backup in the sink.
下水道堵塞。
Let that sink in for a moment.
用心想想。
Wood does not sink in water.
木头在水中不会沉没。
Don't let yourself sink into despair.
别让自己陷入绝望的境地。
The boat was beginning to sink fast.
小船开始快速下沉。
Sally washes the plates in the sink.