sink
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sink | |
| he / she / it sinks | |
| past simple sank | |
| past participle sunk | |
| -ing form sinking |
- [intransitive]
to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid or soft substance 下沉；下陷；沉沒 The ship sank to the bottom of the sea. 船沉入海底。 The submarine sank after an explosion. 潛艇爆炸後沉沒了。 We're sinking! 我們正在下沉！ - sink into something
The wheels started to sink into the mud. 車輪漸漸陷進泥裏。 The little boat sank beneath the waves. 小船沉入波濤之下。
Extra ExamplesIt seemed as though the ship had sunk without trace. 那艘船沉沒後似乎沒有留下一絲痕迹。 Duane was in waist-deep and sinking fast. 杜安陷到了齊腰深的地方，而且還在快速下沉。 He sank up to his knees in the mud. 他陷進沒膝深的泥裏。 Our feet sank deep into the soft sand as we walked. 我們一邁步，腳就深深陷進鬆軟的沙裏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- fast
- down
- …
- begin to
- start to
- below
- beneath
- into
- …
- sink like a stone
- sink or swim
- sink to the bottom (of something)
- …
- [transitive] sink something
to damage a boat or ship so that it goes below the surface of the sea, etc. 使下沉；使沉沒 The battleship was sunk by a torpedo. 戰艦被魚雷擊沉了。 Bombs sank all four carriers. 炸彈擊沉了所有四艘航母。 Five brothers all died when their ship was sunk. 他們的船沉沒時，五兄弟都死了。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a person 人 to move downwards, especially by falling or sitting down 倒下；坐下 I sank into an armchair. 我坐到扶手椅上。 She sank back into her seat, exhausted. 她筋疲力盡，又坐回椅子上。 The old man had sunk to his knees. 老頭跪在了地上。
Extra ExamplesHe sank lower into his chair. 他坐在椅子上的身子又往下陷了陷。 I sank gratefully into the warm, dry bed. 我一下躺倒在溫暖幹爽的床上。 She sank gracefully down onto a cushion at his feet. 她優雅地坐到他腳邊的墊子上。 She sank to the ground, exhausted. 她筋疲力盡地癱倒在地上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wearily
- gratefully
- gracefully
- …
- into
- onto
- sink below the horizon
- sink to the floor
- sink to the ground
- …
- [intransitive]
(of an object 物體 to move slowly downwards 下沉；下陷；沉降 The sun was sinking in the west. 太陽西下。 The sun had sunk below the horizon. 太陽落下了地平線。 The foundations of the building are starting to sink. 樓房的地基開始下陷。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- wearily
- gratefully
- gracefully
- …
- into
- onto
- sink below the horizon
- sink to the floor
- sink to the ground
- …
- [intransitive]
to decrease in amount, volume, strength, etc. 降低；減少；減弱 The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar. 英鎊對美元的比價降到了有記錄以來最低水平。 He is clearly sinking fast (= getting weaker quickly and will soon die). 很明顯，他的身體在急劇衰弱。
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectc1The project gradually sank into oblivion. 該項目漸漸被淡忘。 The airline industry is sinking under the weight of its losses. 因虧損拖累，航空業正走向衰退。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- gradually
- …
- into
- sink to a new low
- sink to new lows
- [intransitive]
to become quieter 變低；變小 - [transitive] sink something
to make a deep hole in the ground 挖，掘（深坑、深洞） to sink a well/shaft/mine 掘水井／豎井／礦井
- [transitive] sink something (+ adv./prep.)
to place something in the ground by digging 埋入；打下 to sink a post into the ground 在地下埋入一根杆子
- [transitive] sink something/somebody (informal)
to prevent somebody or somebody’s plans from succeeding 使失敗；使受挫；阻撓 I think I've just sunk my chances of getting the job. 我想，我剛剛葬送了得到那份工作的機會。 If the car breaks down, we'll be sunk (= have serious problems). 要是車壞了，咱們可就慘了。
- [transitive] sink something
to hit a ball into a hole in golf or snooker （高爾夫球）擊球入洞；（斯諾克）擊球入袋 - [transitive] sink something (British English, informal)
to drink something quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol 猛喝；灌 They sank three pints each in 10 minutes. 他們在10分鐘内每人喝了3品脫。
in water/mud, etc.在水／泥等裏
boat船只
fall/sit down倒下；坐下
move downwards下降
become weaker減弱
of voice聲音
dig in ground在地上挖掘
prevent success使不成功
ball球
alcohol酒
Word Originverb Old English sincan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zinken and German sinken.
Idioms
be sunk in something
(like rats) deserting/leaving a sinking ship
- (humorous, disapproving)
used to talk about people who leave an organization, a company, etc. that is having difficulties, without caring about the people who are left （比喻只顧自己而離開處於困境中的機構等）（像）逃離沉船（的老鼠）
somebody’s heart sinks
sink your differences
to agree to forget about your disagreements 摒棄分歧；擱置歧見 We need to sink our differences and present a united opposition to the plan. 我們需要消除分歧，團結一致反對這項計劃。
a/that sinking feeling
- (informal)
an unpleasant feeling that you get when you realize that something bad has happened or is going to happen 不祥的感覺；沮喪之情 I had a horrible sinking feeling when I saw the ambulance outside the house. 當我看到房子外面的救護車時，我有一種可怕的下沉感。
sink or swim
to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely 不自救，必沉淪；自己努力，以求生存 The new students were just left to sink or swim. 學校完全讓新生自生自滅。 In a situation like this, you either sink or swim. 在這樣的情況下不自救必沉淪。
sink so low | sink to something
to have such low moral standards that you do something very bad 堕落到這種地步；沉淪到某種程度
sink/stoop to a new/an all-time low
to behave in a worse way than ever before 陷入不快（或沉思）中 The government has stooped to an all-time low with this policy. 政府的這項政策已經降到了歷史最低點。 Reality TV has sunk to new lows. 真人秀跌至新低。
