sink
美 [sɪŋk]
英 [sɪŋk] 
- v.下沉;沉没;沉降;下陷
- adj.位于贫穷地区的;贫民窟的
- n.洗碗槽
- 网络水槽;洗涤槽;接收器
词形变化
过去式:sank 过去式:sunk sunk 过去式:sunken 第三人称单数:sinks 现在分词:sinking 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
在水╱泥等里in water/mud, etc.
1. | [i] 下沉;下陷;沉没to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance |
| The ship sank to the bottom of the sea. 船沉入海底。 |
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| The wheels started to sink into the mud. 车轮渐渐陷进泥里。 |
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船只boat
2. | [t] ~ sth 使下沉;使沉没to damage a boat or ship so that it goes below the surface of the sea, etc. |
| a battleship sunk by a torpedo 被鱼雷击沉的战列舰 |
倒下;坐下fall/sit down
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 倒下;坐下to move downwards, especially by falling or sitting down |
| I sank into an armchair. 我坐到扶手椅上。 |
| She sank back into her seat, exhausted. 她筋疲力尽,又坐回椅子上。 |
| The old man had sunk to his knees . 老头跪在了地上。 |
下降move downwards
4. | [i] 下沉;下陷;沉降to move slowly downwards |
| The sun was sinking in the west. 太阳西下。 |
| The foundations of the building are starting to sink. 楼房的地基开始下陷。 |
减弱become weaker
5. | [i] 降低;减少;减弱to decrease in amount, volume, strength, etc. |
| The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar. 英镑对美元的比价降到了有记录以来最低水平。 |
| He is clearly sinking fast(= getting weaker quickly and will soon die) . 很明显,他的身体在急剧衰弱。 |
声音of voice
6. | [i] 变低;变小to become quieter |
| Her voice sank to a whisper. 她的声音变成了耳语。 |
在地上挖掘dig in ground
7. | [t] ~ sth 挖,掘(深坑、深洞)to make a deep hole in the ground |
| to sink a well/shaft/mine 掘水井╱竖井╱矿井 |
8. | [t] ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) 埋入;打下to place sth in the ground by digging |
| to sink a post into the ground 在地下埋入一根杆子 |
使不成功prevent success
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~ sth/sb 使失败;使受挫;阻挠to prevent sb or sb's plans from succeeding |
| I think I've just sunk my chances of getting the job. 我想,我刚刚葬送了得到那份工作的机会。 |
| If the car breaks down, we'll be sunk(= have serious problems) . 要是车坏了,咱们可就惨了。 |
球ball
10. | [t] ~ sth (高尔夫球)击球入洞;(斯诺克)击球入袋to hit a ball into a hole in golf or snooker |
| He sank a 12-foot putt to win the match. 他以一记 12 英尺的轻击入洞赢了比赛。 |
酒alcohol
11. | [t]
~ sth 猛喝;灌to drink sth quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol |
1. | (厨房里的)洗涤池,洗碗槽a large open container in a kitchen that has taps/faucets to supply water and that you use for washing dishes in |
| Don't just leave your dirty plates in the sink! 别把脏盘子往洗碗槽里一放就不管了! |
| I felt chained to the kitchen sink(= I had to spend all my time doing jobs in the house) . 我觉得就像拴在了灶台上一样。 |
1. | [obn] 位于贫穷地区的;贫民窟的located in a poor area where social conditions are bad |
| the misery of life in sink estates 贫民窟里的悲惨生活 |
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习惯用语
be sunk in sth
陷入不快(或沉思)中to be in a state of unhappiness or deep thought
| She just sat there, sunk in thought. 她只一味地坐在那儿,陷入了沉思。 |
(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship
(比喻只顾自己而离开处于困境中的机构等)(像)逃离沉船(的老鼠)used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left
sink your differences
摒弃分歧;搁置歧见to agree to forget about your disagreements
a/that sinking feeling
不祥的感觉;沮丧之情an unpleasant feeling that you get when you realize that sth bad has happened or is going to happen
sink or swim
不自救,必沉沦;自己努力,以求生存to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely
| The new students were just left to sink or swim. 学校完全让新生自生自灭。 |
sink so low|sink to sth
堕落到这种地步;沉沦到某种程度to have such low moral standards that you do sth very bad
| Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low? 偷到你的朋友头上了?你怎么能堕落到这种地步呢? |
| I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths. 我无法相信竟然有人能堕落到这种程度。 |
英汉解释
v. | 2. (日,月等)沉入地平线下;低落;下垂;下沉,坍下去,塌下去,下陷 3. (声音等)低落;(火势)减弱;(病人等)衰弱;(精神等)沮丧,消沉;衰颓,沦落,败落,堕落 (into under) 4. (水等)沁进,渗下,渗入;(教训等)深入(心里等) (in into through) 6. (眶,双颊等)凹下去;(眼睛)低垂;(坡等)斜下去 8. 掘,凿,挖(井等);(把桩,管子等)向下挖掘,打进,插进,埋入(地下等);(将石头等)嵌入(墙壁等);【冶】雕,刻 10. 减少,减低(力量等),使(股票等)跌价;糟蹋掉,丧失,荡尽(财产等) 11. 使衰弱,使没落,使败落;损害,毁坏(名誉等);使颓然下垂,垂下来 13. 偿还(国债等);投资给(难以收回成本的事业) |
n. | 1. (厨房的)洗涤糟;水斗,水糟,水池;阴沟;渗水坑;【地】落水洞;〈美俚〉海洋 |
英英解释
例句
Ships can take a lot of pounding. But just a few torpedoes will sink you. Watch out for submarine and torpedo bombers.
舰船很容易被鱼雷击沉,注意潜艇和鱼雷轰炸。
When we moved into a rental apartment a couple of years ago, werealized that ownership had been a burden, a time sink, and a money pit.
当我们两年前搬进一套租用的公寓时,我们认识到,业主身份早就是沉重的负担,随时沉没,而且还是一个填不满的钱坑。
Draco Malfoy was standing with his back to the door, his hands clutching either side of the sink, his white-blond head bowed.
德拉科·马尔福正背对着门站着,他的双手紧握着水槽的两边,他有着铂金色头发的脑袋低着。
The kitchen was of most interest, with a sink and a stove but, "No food, " I said, in disappointment.
厨房是最能引起我们兴趣的地方,可里面除了一个洗槽和一个炉子,什么都没有。“没吃的。”我用失望的口气说。
One can place the pan in a sink full of cool water with a few ice cubes to speed up the process, but make sure not to over cool.
你可以将平底锅放在水槽中加入冷水和小冰块来加速其过程,但请确保不要冷却过度。
The so-called Loose lips sink ships, but will sometimes in an awkward position, this situation is often in the interview.
所谓言多必失,有时候反而会让处于尴尬的境地,这种情形在面试中是经常出现的。
Until quite recently, it was possible to say that rescuing the financial system was calculated to save rather than sink liberal capitalism.
直到不久前,我们可能还可以说,为金融体系纾困意在拯救、而非葬送自由资本主义。
When we moved into a rental apartment a couple of years ago, we realized that ownership had been a burden, a time sink, and a money pit.
几年前当我们搬进出租屋后,我们发现所有权其实是个负担,是个时间无底洞,是一个金钱陷阱。
Provided is an electronic apparatus capable of also supplying sufficient air flow to a heat generating device other than the heat sink.
提供一种电子设备,即使对于散热器以外的发热装置也能够供给足够的空气流。
The mattress that allows you to sink into a deep, natural sleep and wake up in the morning without aches and pains is the one you want.
床垫,让您陷入深度,自然睡眠,醒来早无疼痛和痛苦是你想要的。
Most offices have some sort of kitchenette with at least a sink and a microwave.
大多数公司里都有类似小厨房的地方,里面至少有一个水槽和一台微波炉。
The simplest consist of a single room with a sink in the corner and a toilet behind a partition.
最简单的户型只有一个单间,在角落里有一个洗脸台,厕所在隔墙后面。
Essentially, it requires a degree in mechanical engineering to understand, but suffice it to say it has everything but the kitchen sink.
更要命的是,它需要一个机械工程学位才能理解其原理,不过只要说“除了厨房水槽没有,它什么都有”就够吓人了。
What he really wanted was to dive off the bridge, smash through the ice and sink down to the bottom to freeze there like a dead fish.
他真想一下子跳下去,头朝下,砸破了冰,沉下去,像个死鱼似的冻在冰里。
She also shows off her stellar sartorial taste quite often, stopping at nothing to sink her teeth into a good pair of expensive shoes.
她也经常的炫她的卓越的缝纫品位,是因为她经常会毫无顾忌得用牙咬一双很贵的鞋。
0 But seeing the strong wind, he became frightened; and as he began to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me!
0只因见风甚大,就害怕,将要沈下去,便喊着说,主啊,救我!
Bed, closet, table, chair, a shelf on the wall over the table, a sink and toilet in the corner behind the door.
床,壁橱,桌子,椅子,桌上方墙壁上的书架,门后角落里的水池和厕所。
Steve Kroft: When was the first moment that it began to sink in that you were President of the United States? Do you remember?
记:你是从什么时候开始意识到自己已经成了美国总统了?还记得吗?。
If the whole country would sink, and hide all this injustice and misery from the light, I would willingly sink with it.
如果这个国家整个塌陷到那里去,把这一切悲惨而不义的现象一古脑都埋葬的话,我宁愿跟它一起毁灭。
We recently got the chance to see her German tattoo and talk to her about how she had to sink or swim when she got to Germany.
我们最近有机会看见她的德文纹身,并询问她刚到德国时,如何“自主沉浮”。
If the whole country would sink, and hide all this injustice and misery from the light, I would willingly sink with it.
如果这个国家整个塌陷到那里去,把这一切悲惨而不义的现象一古脑都埋葬的话,我宁愿跟它一起毁灭。
I had a weight of guilt upon me enough to sink any creature who had the least power of reflection left.
我有一个罪恶的重担压在身上,但凡有点反省能力的人都会给这重担压倒下去。
Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink.
应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。
He desired not to be pinnacled, but to sink into the crowd.
他不想出人头地,只愿深入群众之中。
The boat will sink unless we bail out.
我们若不排水,船就要沉。
Any love she might win would sink simultaneously with the sand in the glass.
她所能得到的那点爱情将要和沙漏里的沙子同归于尽。
Water from the kitchen sink overflowed onto the floor.
厨房洗涤槽的水漫到了地板上。
In the process of moving the filled pot onto the sink counter, she slips and the pot smashes on the floor.
正当她把装着水的罐子往水池台上搬时,身子一滑,罐子落到地上摔得粉碎。
The pen belongs under the sink.
锅应该放在洗碗池下面。
One would have expected that they two might have therefore been able to sink their differences.
人们曾期待他们俩人能消除彼此的分歧。
The one we have installed has not reached the lowermost position yet. You might as well open it and press it down to see if it will sink.
我们组装好的那个没有达到最低位置,你可以打开,往下压,看是否下沉。
The biggest blobs can sink to the sea floor, acting like a blanket, and smothering life at the bottom.
最大的黏液团可以沉到海底,就像毯子一样窒息海底生物。
The sun had begun to sink, the air was a golden haze.
太阳已开始落山,空中迷漫着金黄色的暮霭。
Dead zones form when big balloons of phytoplankton at the surface trigger large quantities of organic matter, which then sink to the bottom.
当浮游植物大量爆发时,在其表面会触发大量的有机物质聚集,然后(浮游植残骸)下沉到水底,死亡带就会形成。
As she failed to offer the required amount of cash as a price to save her drowning son, the woman at last watched her son sink to death.
由于这位妇女一时拿不出所要求的现钱的数目作为救她孩子的回报,最后她眼睁睁地看着儿子淹死。
Sink to inundate here and sorrow of in the atmosphere, seem to be so not to gentle.
在这沉浸和悲伤的气氛中,显得那麽不协调。
In Game 1, Wang had been too strong and the pitch did not sink, causing him to abandon his game plan and throw more slides and change ups.
在第一战时,小王因休息太久而使他的下沉球无法下沉,破坏了他投球计划而让他投了许多滑球和变速球。
Then tap with a wooden spoon as you hold them upside down, but keep them close to the bottom of the sink so they don't break.
接着把杯子倒置并用木勺轻轻地敲打,让这些热水贴紧底部就能保证碗不被打碎。
Sudan, perhaps more than any other country in this region, seems to have a destructive capacity to sink back to the worst days of its past.
苏丹可能比这一区域的任何其他国家的毁灭力量都更强,让这个国家重新回到了自己历史上最为惨痛的岁月。
Just sink into its unique curvy shape and watch the TV or rest for a while or read a book. You wouldn't actually like to leave it.
就让自己舒舒服服地坐进这把曲线形的椅子,看一会儿电视,休息一下,或者读一本书。
more dreams will be deferred and denied. and our nation will sink deeper into a crisis that, at some point, we may not be able to reverse.
就会有更多的家庭失去自己的储蓄,就会有更多的梦想被推迟、被粉碎。我们的国家就会在危机中陷得更深。到了某个时候,我们可能就无法扭转局面了。
When she first lost her sight, he watched her sink into despair and he became determined to use every means possible to help his wife.
在苏珊失明后那头一段时间,他眼睁睁地看着妻子陷入绝望,因此,他心里打定主意,要用尽一切办法来帮助她。
Think about this for a moment. . . allow the monumental impact of that statement to sink in and all that encompasses.
想一会儿……允许这个具有重大意义的观点以及所有的包含内容所带来的影响消失。
Infected blood on a table, counter, sink, or other surface can pass the virus for up to a week.
受感染的血液表,在桌子,柜台,水槽,或其他表面上可以传递感染病毒长达一个星期的病毒。
After that failed, they complied with orders not to open hatches designed to sink the craft, said the Coast Guard.
哥斯达黎加政府称,这一企图失败后,他们服从了命令,没有开启将船只下沉的舱门盖。
The sun had crept round the tree as a last effort before death, and then began to sink .
夕阳在树间徘徊,这是落山前最后的残阳,接着它便开始西沉了。
Nothing's going to sink me although it might be kind of a relief to be finished with moviemaking.
尽管不拍电影了可能会是种解脱,但任何事情也不会使我消沉。
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me! "
只因见风甚大,就害怕。将要沉下去,便喊着说,主阿,救我。
My wife and I only argue about the big issues, such as whether it's a good idea for her to leave utensils in the sink.
我和我的妻子只会在大事上发生争吵:例如她把用过的厨房器皿统统放在洗涤槽里是不是个好主意。