/sɪŋk ||; sɪŋk/verb
(
past tense sank /sæŋk
||; sæŋk/
past participle sunk /sʌŋk
||; sʌŋk/)
1 [I,T] to go down or make sth go down under the surface of liquid or a soft substance (使)沉入或陷入水中等:
If you throw a stone into water, it sinks. 你把石子抛进水里,石子就会沉下去。
My feet sank into the mud. 我双脚陷进泥里。
☞picture at float 见float插图
2 [I] (used about a person) to move downwards, usually by falling or sitting down (指人)往下移动(通常是跌倒或坐下):
I came home and sank into a chair, exhausted. 我回到家里,累得跌坐在椅子上。
3 [I] to get lower; to fall to a lower position or level 往下落;降低;下降:
We watched the sun sink slowly below the horizon. 我们望着太阳慢慢沉到地平线下。
4 [I] to decrease in value, number, amount, strength, etc (价值、数目、数量、力气等)下降,减少
your heart sinks→
HEART
sink in (used about information, an event, an experience, etc) to be completely understood or realized (指消息、事件、经历等)被完全了解或明白:
It took a long time for the terrible news to sink in. 过了好久那可怕的消息才被完全理解。
sink in; sink into sth (used about a liquid) to go into sth solid; to be absorbed (指液体)渗入,被吸收