plummet
verb [intransitive]to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position synonym plunge暴跌;速降 Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。 Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again. 一想到又要见到他,她的心情便直往下沉。 The jet plummeted into a row of houses. 那架喷气式飞机一头栽进一排房子里。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlummet is used with these nouns as the subject:- attendance
- level
- morale
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead’, diminutive of plomb ‘lead’. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s.