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sink AHD[sĭngk] D.J.[sɪŋk]K.K.[sɪŋk]v.（动词）sank[săngk] 或 sunk [sŭngk] sunk, sink.ing, sinks v.intr.（不及物动词）- To descend to the bottom; submerge.淹没：下降到底部；沉没
- To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:下落：掉或落到低水平，尤指缓缓或逐渐下落：The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer.经过漫长而干燥的夏季，湖水的水位下落了数英尺
- To subside or settle gradually, as a massive or weighty structure.退去：缓缓沉降或落下，例如庞大或沉重的构架
- To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.下落：看起来在向下沉，例如太阳或月亮的下沉运动
- To slope downward; incline.倾斜：向下倾斜；倾斜
- To pass into a specified condition:渐渐进入：渐渐进入某种特定状态：She sank into a deep sleep.她进入了梦乡
- To deteriorate in quality or condition:恶化：性质和情况的恶化：The patient is sinking fast. The family sank into a state of disgrace.病人的病情迅速恶化。家庭陷于蒙羞的状况
- To diminish, as in value.降低：减少，例如在价值上
- To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful:减弱：变得更虚弱、更安静或更无力：His voice sank to a whisper.他的声音减弱成耳语
- To drop or fall slowly, as from weakness or fatigue:倒下：慢慢落下或倒下，例如由于虚弱或疲惫：The exhausted runner sank to the ground.精疲力竭的选手倒在运动场上
- To feel great disappointment or discouragement:使失落：感到巨大的失望或泄气：Her heart sank within her.她的心情低落
- To seep or soak; penetrate:渗透：渗或吸；透过：The water is sinking into the ground.水渗入地下
- To make an impression; become felt or understood:被理解：留下印象；被感知或理解：The meaning finally sank in.意思终于被领会了
v.tr.（及物动词）- To cause to descend beneath a surface:使下沉：使下沉到某一表面以下：sink a ship.使船沉没
- To cause to drop or lower:使下垂：使下落或更低：sank the bucket into the well.把水桶沉入井中
- To force into the ground:砸入地面：sink a piling.把木桩砸入地面
- To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.挖：在地下挖掘（矿或水井）
- To occupy the full attention of; engross.吸引：吸引所有的注意力；吸引
- To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful.减弱：使虚弱，平静或无力
- To reduce in quantity or worth.减少：在数量或价值上减少
- To debase the nature of; degrade.贬低；使降低
- To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy.使败落：使进入低下或被毁的状况；击败或破坏
- To suppress or hide:压制或隐藏：He sank his arrogance and apologized.他忍气吞声做了道歉
- Informal To defeat, as in a game.【非正式用语】 击败：击败，例如在比赛中
- To invest:投资：sink money into a new housing project.把资金投在新住宅区
- To invest without any prospect of return.丧失：投入资金而没有回报，丧失资金
- To pay off (a debt).偿还（债务）
- Sports To get (a ball) into a hole or basket.【体育运动】 入球：把（球）抛进洞中或篮筐
n.（名词）- A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.水槽：装在墙或地板上带有出水管和一般有管道供应的水的水槽
- A cesspool.污水池
- A sinkhole.排水口
- In thermodynamics, the part of a system from which heat, or more generally, energy is removed from the system.散热器：在热动力学中，释放热量或能量的系统的一部分
- A place regarded as wicked and corrupt.巢窟：被认为是邪恶的或堕落的地方
sink or swim【非正式用语】 - To succeed or fail without alternative.或成或败，毫无选择
- Middle English sinken 中古英语 sinken
- from Old English sincan 源自 古英语 sincan
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