dive
verb/daɪv/
/daɪv/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dive | /daɪv/ /daɪv/ |
| he / she / it dives | /daɪvz/ /daɪvz/ |
| past simple dived | /daɪvd/ /daɪvd/ |
| (North American English also) past simple dove | /dəʊv/ /dəʊv/ |
| past participle dived | /daɪvd/ /daɪvd/ |
| -ing form diving | /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/ /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms going in first
跳水（头和双臂先入水） - dive (from/off something) (into something) We dived into the river to cool off.
我们一头跳进河里，凉快一下。 - dive off something He dived off the bridge.
他从桥上跳了下去。 - dive in Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in.
萨姆走到游泳池的深水区，一头扎进水里。
Wordfinder- armband
- dive
- flipper
- float
- goggles
- length
- paddle
- stroke
- swim
- water wings
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: water sportsb2- He dived head first into the water.
他头朝下跳入水中。 - She dived from the top diving board.
她从最高层跳板跳水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- dive (from/off something) (into something) We dived into the river to cool off.
- (usually go diving)[intransitive] to swim underwater wearing breathing equipment, collecting or looking at things
（戴呼吸装备）潜水 - to dive for pearls
潜水采珠 - The main purpose of his holiday to Greece was to go diving.
他到希腊度假的主要目的就是去潜水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- to dive for pearls
- [intransitive] to go to a deeper level underwater
下潜；潜到更深的水下 - The submarine dived to avoid being seen.
潜艇潜入水中以避免被发现。 - The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
鲸被鱼叉击中后下潜。
- The submarine dived to avoid being seen.
- [intransitive] to go steeply down through the air
俯冲 - The seagulls soared then dived.
海鸥翱翔着，然后俯冲下来。 - The plane dived down to attack.
飞机俯冲攻击。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airb2, Birdsb2- The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000.
飞机突然从 10,000 英尺下降到 5,000 英尺。 - Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically.
和一些鸟不一样，这种鸟不垂直俯冲。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- vertically
- from
- to
- The seagulls soared then dived.
- [intransitive] (informal) to move or jump quickly in a particular direction, especially to avoid something, to try to catch a ball, etc.
扑，冲，奔（以避开某物、接球等） - dive for something We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected).
我们听到一声爆炸便伏身找掩护。 - The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it.
守门员一个鱼跃向球扑去，可是没有扑到。 - + adv./prep. It started to rain so we dived into the nearest cafe.
天下起雨来，我们立即钻进一家最近的咖啡馆。 - He dived headlong into the ditch.
他一头栽进沟里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- head first
- headlong
- back
- …
- beneath
- into
- through
- …
- dive for cover
- dive for something We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected).
- [intransitive] (in football (soccer), hockey, etc.) to fall deliberately when somebody tackles you
（对方阻截时）假摔 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- [intransitive] to fall suddenly
骤降；急剧下跌；暴跌 - The share price dived from 75p to an all-time low of 50p.
股价从 75 便士暴跌到 50 便士的历史新低。
- The share price dived from 75p to an all-time low of 50p.
jump into water
underwater
of birds/aircraft
move/jump/fall
of prices
Word OriginOld English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip.