dive
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they dive | |
he / she / it dives | |
past simple dived | |
(North American English also) past simple dove | |
past participle dived | |
-ing form diving |
- [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. 他从桥上跳入水中。 - dive in
Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in. 萨姆走到游泳池的最深处,跳入水中。
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: water sportsb2He 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)
- (usually go diving)[intransitive]
to swim underwater wearing breathing equipment, collecting or looking at things see also divingTopics Hobbiesb2(戴呼吸装备)潜水 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- [intransitive]
to go to a deeper level underwater 下潜;潜到更深的水下 - [intransitive]
to go steeply down through the air see also nosedive, crash-dive俯冲 Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airb2, Birdsb2The 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
- [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
- [intransitive]
(in football (soccer), hockey, etc. )足球、曲棍球等 to fall deliberately when somebody tackles you Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1(对方阻截时)假摔 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- [intransitive]
to fall suddenly synonym plungeTopics Moneyc1突然下降;暴跌
jump into water跳水
underwater水下
of birds/aircraft鸟;飞机
move/jump/fall移动;跳跃;跌下
of prices价格
Word OriginOld English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip.