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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   sink

   • IPA[siNGk]

   美式

   • v.
     go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged；(of a ship) go to the bottom of the sea or some other body of water because of damage or a collision

   • verb: sink, 3rd person present: sinks, gerund or present participle: sinking, past tense: sank, past participle: sunk

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged he saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves 同義詞 become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, ... 更多descend, disappear, vanish反義詞 rise, float
   • ▪ (of a ship) go to the bottom of the sea or some other body of water because of damage or a collision the trawler sank with the loss of all six crew members 同義詞 founder, go under, submerge, capsize
   • ▪ cause (a ship) to go to the bottom of the sea or other body of water a freak wave sank their boat near the shore 同義詞 scupper, scuttle, send to the bottom, open the seacocks in
   • ▪ disappear and not be seen or heard of again the film sank virtually without trace
   • ▪ cause to fail she apparently wishes to sink the company 同義詞 destroy, ruin, wreck, put an end to, be the ruin/ruination of, ... 更多wreak havoc on, demolish, devastate, blast, blight, smash, shatter, dash, torpedo, scotch, sabotage, informalput the kibosh on, put the skids under, put paid to, banjax, do for, blow a hole in, nix, scupper, dish, throw a spanner in the works of, throw a monkey wrench in the works of, euchre, cruel, archaicbring to naught
   • ▪ conceal, keep in the background, or ignore they agreed to sink their differences 同義詞 ignore, overlook, disregard, forget, put aside, ... 更多set aside, put to one side, bury, consign to oblivion
   • 2. descend; drop you can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks Sam felt the ground sinking beneath his feet 同義詞 descend, drop, go down/downward, come down/downward, go lower, ... 更多fall, plunge, plummet, pitch, fall headlong, nosedive, set, go down/downward, dip beneath the horizon, descend反義詞 ascend, rise
   • ▪ (of a person) lower oneself or drop gently she sank back onto her pillow 同義詞 lower oneself, flop, collapse, drop down, slump, ... 更多plump oneself, informalplonk oneself, plop oneself, plank oneself反義詞 stand up
   • ▪ gradually penetrate into the surface of something her feet sank into the thick pile of the carpet
   • 3. gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity their output sank to a third of the prewar figure the reputation of the mayor sank to a very low level 同義詞 fall, drop, become/get lower, become/get quieter, become/get softer反義詞 rise
   • ▪ approach death the doctor concluded that Sanders was sinking fast 同義詞 deteriorate, decline, fade, fail, weaken, ... 更多grow weak, flag, languish, degenerate, decay, waste away, be at death's door, be on one's deathbed, be breathing one's last, be about to die, be approaching death, be slipping away, have one foot in the grave, be in extremis, become moribund, informalgo downhill, be on one's last legs, be giving up the ghost反義詞 recover, improve
   • 4. insert beneath a surface by digging or hollowing out rails attached with screws sunk below the surface of the wood 同義詞 embed, insert, drive, place, put down, ... 更多plant, position
   • ▪ insert into something Kelly stood watching, her hands sunk deep into her pockets
   • ▪ excavate (a well) or bore (a shaft) more or less vertically downward they planned to sink a gold mine in Oklahoma 同義詞 dig, excavate, bore, drill
   • ▪ hit (a ball) into a hole in golf or billiards he sank the black into the green pocket to secure victory
   • ▪ (in golf) hit the ball into the hole with (a putt or other shot) he sank a four-foot birdie putt at the fifth hole

   片語

   • a sinking feeling
   • sink or swim
   • sink in
   • sink into