詞匯精選:sink的用法和辨析
一、詳細(xì)釋義:
n.
水槽,洗滌槽;污水坑
例句:
The sink overflowed and the kitchen floor was awash.
洗滌槽的水溢出來(lái)了,廚房里滿地都是水。
例句:
Tip the dirty water out of the bowl and into the sink.
把盆里的臟水倒入洗滌槽里。
v.
(使)下沉 [I,T]
例句:
He beheld the boat sink.
他注視著那條船下沉。
例句:
A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏不補(bǔ)沉大船。
漸漸進(jìn)入;淹沒(méi) [I]
例句:
Don't let yourself sink into despair.
別讓自己陷入絕望的境地。
例句:
Who swims in sin shall sink in sorrow.
在罪惡中漂浮者終將在悲哀中沉沒(méi)。
使低落;消沉 [I,T]
例句:
How could he sink to such depths?
他怎么會(huì)消沉到這種地步呢?
例句:
These questions will sink you instead of help to lift you up.
這些問(wèn)題不會(huì)讓你振作,只會(huì)讓你消沉下去。
滲透 [I]
例句:
Never did music more sink into and soothe and fill me.
音樂(lè)從未如此滲透我的心靈。
例句:
It might sink slowly through the soil into the natural holding areas in the rock.
也許它會(huì)通過(guò)土地慢慢滲透到巖層里的天然蓄水區(qū)。
挖掘 [T]
例句:
To sink a well and plough the fields.
鑿井耕田。
例句:
He paused long enough to allow that to sink in——give Clyde the feeling that he was an interloper indeed.
他停頓了相當(dāng)時(shí)間,好讓這句話打進(jìn)心坎,讓克萊德感覺(jué)到自己實(shí)在是個(gè)沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)能耐的人。
二、詞義辨析:
descend,drop,fall,sink
這些動(dòng)詞都表示“落下,下降”之意。 descend通常指沿斜線或斜坡下降。 drop指物體從一定高度落下。 fall與drop同義,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式無(wú)關(guān)。 sink指在空氣或水中垂直下降、下沉。
三、相關(guān)短語(yǔ):
sink in
沉入,滲入;深深感到,充分認(rèn)識(shí)到
heat sink
熱沉,熱耗,吸熱部件,吸熱器,散熱片吸熱,散熱器,散熱裝置
kitchen sink
廚房洗滌池, 激進(jìn)現(xiàn)實(shí)主義 【醫(yī)】 廚房洗滌盆
四、參考例句:
to sink a shaft
挖豎井
He beheld the boat sink.
他注視著那條船下沉。
How could he sink to such depths?
他怎么會(huì)消沉到這種地步呢?
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.
木頭在水中不會(huì)沉沒(méi)。
Don't let yourself sink into despair.
別讓自己陷入絕望的境地。
The boat was beginning to sink fast.
小船開(kāi)始快速下沉。
Sally washes the plates in the sink.
薩利在洗滌槽里洗盤(pán)子。
The sink overflowed and the kitchen floor was awash.
洗滌槽的水溢出來(lái)了,廚房里滿地都是水。
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