读音

/sɪŋk/

释义

• 动词: 下沉，下降。例如: “The ship began to sink slowly in the water.”
• 名词: 水槽，洗涤盆。例如: “I washed my hands in the kitchen sink.”
• 不及物动词: 耗尽，消沉。例如: “His spirits sank when he heard the bad news.”
• 名词: 失败，垮台。例如: “Their business venture was a sink.”

短语

• “sink one’s teeth into something” 意味着全神贯注于某事。
• “sink or swim” 表示成功或失败，没有中间道路。
• “to sink a putt” 在高尔夫中指成功推杆入洞。

例句

• 动词: “The stone sank to the bottom of the lake.”
• 名词: “She wiped her hands on a towel after using the sink.”
• 不及物动词: “Her confidence sank when she realized the mistake she had made.”
• 名词: “Their company faced a serious crisis that threatened to sink them completely.”

同义词

• submerge
• descend
• plunge
• drop
• decline