plunge
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they plunge | |
he / she / it plunges | |
past simple plunged | |
past participle plunged | |
-ing form plunging |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move or make somebody/something move suddenly forwards and/or downwards 使突然前冲(或下落) - + adv./prep.
She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳,从 100 英尺的高处跌下摔死了。 The train left the track and plunged down the embankment. 火车离开了轨道,一头扎进了路堤。 - plunge somebody/something + adv./prep.
The earthquake plunged entire towns over the edge of the cliffs. 地震将整座整座的城镇掀到悬崖之下。
Extra ExamplesHe plunged from a tenth floor window. 他从 10 楼的窗户跳下。 The car plunged headlong into the river. 汽车一头冲进河中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- ahead
- back
- downwards/downward
- …
- down
- from
- into
- …
- plunge to your death
- + adv./prep.
- [intransitive]
(of prices, temperatures, etc. )价格、温度等 to decrease suddenly and quickly synonym plummet暴跌;骤降;突降 Stock markets plunged at the news of the coup. 政变的消息一传来,股票市场便暴跌。 This year profits plunged by 40 per cent. 今年利润骤降40%。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a road, surface, etc. )道路、表面等 to slope down steeply 陡峭地向下倾斜 - [intransitive]
to move up and down suddenly and violently (剧烈)颠簸,震荡
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French plungier ‘thrust down’, based on Latin plumbum ‘lead, plummet’.