1 N-COUNT (厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽 A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes. (厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽
SYN basin, washbasin, hand basin, wash-hand basin
2 N-COUNT 同 washbasin 或 basin A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin . 同 washbasin 或 basin
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The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
卫生间里装了两个抽水马桶、两个淋浴器、和两个洗脸盆。
3 V-ERG (使)下沉;(使)沉没 If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. (使)下沉;(使)沉没
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In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship. [VERB noun]
在海战中目标就是击沉敌船。
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The boat was beginning to sink fast. [VERB]
小船开始快速下沉。
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The lifeboat crashed against the side of the sinking ship. [VERB-ing]
救生船撞上了那艘正在下沉的船的侧身。
SYN go down, founder, go under, submerge
4 VERB 下沉;沉没 If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 下沉;沉没
5 VERB 缓慢下降;下陷;沉降 If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards. 缓慢下降;下陷;沉降
SYN descend, lower, go down, dip
6 VERB 坐下;跪下 If you sink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling. 坐下;跪下 [written]
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Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat. [VERB adv./prep.]
凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。
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She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs. [VERB adv./prep.]
她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。
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'Don't you understand?' I moaned, sinking dramatically to my knees. [VERB adv./prep.]
“难道你不懂吗？”我呻吟着，猛然跪倒在地。
SYN slump, drop, flop, collapse
7 VERB 下降;减少;下跌 If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 下降;减少;下跌
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Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors. [VERB]
股票价格就会下跌—大小投资者均会遭受打击。
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Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent. [V + to/from/by]
工资增长率已降至 7％左右。
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The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling. [VERB amount]
英镑对奥地利先令的比价已经下跌了10％。
SYN fall, drop, decline, slip
8 ADJ [ADJ n] 贫困的;条件不好的 People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources. 贫困的;条件不好的 [British, journalism]
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...unemployed teenagers from sink estates.
来自贫困地区的无业青少年
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He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。
9 VERB (声音)变小，降低，变低 If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter. (声音)变小，降低，变低 [written]
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Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying. [VERB]
她的声音变小了，他走近了些想听清楚她在说什么。
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Her voice had sunk to a whisper. [V to/into n]
她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。
SYN drop, fall, get lower, get softer
10 VERB 逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) To sink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it. 逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) [written]
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She'd sometimes sink into depression. [VERB into noun]
她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
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That night he sank into a deep coma. [VERB into noun]
那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。
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Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos. [VERB into noun]
保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。
11 VERB (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落 If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落
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My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. [VERB]
我的心情一下子很沮丧，以为他要为了另一个女孩和我分手。
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Her spirits sank lower and lower. [VERB]
她的情绪越来越低落。
12 V-ERG (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入 If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入
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He sinks the needle into my arm. [VERB noun into noun]
他将针插入我的胳膊。
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I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream. [VERB noun + into]
我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。
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The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes. [VERB + into]
铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
13 VERB 挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等) If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. 挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等)
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...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft. [VERB noun]
斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方
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If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside. [VERB noun]
如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。
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...a one-thousand foot deep hole sunk into the rock. [VERB-ed]
岩石上打了一个深 1,000 英尺的深洞
SYN dig, bore, drill, drive
14 VERB 把(资金)投入(企业或项目) If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money. 把(资金)投入(企业或项目)
SYN invest, put in, plough, risk
15 VERB 猛喝，灌(酒) If someone sinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly. 猛喝，灌(酒) [British, informal]
SYN drink, down [informal] , knock back, neck [slang]
16 VERB (高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋 In golf, snooker, and some other games, if you sink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole. (高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋
17 See also: sinking sunk
18 PHRASE 自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦 If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. to sink without trace→see: trace 自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦
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| N. | dishes in a sink, kitchen sink 1 bathroom sink 2 sink a ship 3 |
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