plunge

音标[plʌndʒ] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 钻进, 跳进, 跳水, 跳水池, 猛跌, 落下, 投入, 开始从事, 盲目投资
vi. 投入, 投身于, 跳进, 陷入, 下降
vt. 使投入, 使插入, 使陷入, 使遭受
【经】 下跌
相关词组:
plunge into a difficulty
take the plunge
plunge into
plunge sb into debt

词型变化:

动词过去式:plunged 过去分词:plunged 现在分词:plunging 第三人称单数:plunges 

词意辨析:

immerse, dip, duck, plunge, submerge
这些动词均有“沉浸、浸入”之意。
immerse: 侧重全部被液体所覆盖,也可用于比喻意义。
dip: 指部分地、暂时地或轻微地放进液体,多暗示一种谨慎或试探性的动作。
duck: 指把头伸进水中,或指游泳时开玩笑地把一个人的头按入水中。
plunge: 暗示迅速而有力的动作,但浸入不一定很深。
submerge: 指长时间的完全浸入、潜入,强调浸入液体深层。

英语解释:

名词 plunge:

  1. a brief swim in water
    同义词:dip
  2. a steep and rapid fall

动词 plunge:

  1. thrust or throw into
    同义词:immerse
  2. drop steeply
    同义词:dive, plunk
  3. dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity
  4. begin with vigor
    同义词:launch
  5. cause to be immersed
    同义词:immerse
  6. fall abruptly
    同义词:dump
  7. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
    同义词:dunk, dip, souse, douse
  8. engross (oneself) fully
    同义词:steep, immerse, engulf, engross, absorb, soak up

例句:

  1. The sudden jolt plunged her forward.
    突然颠了一下,她向前打了个趔趄。
  2. She plunged her hands into her coat pockets.
    她把两手插在上衣口袋里。
  3. The car stopped suddenly and he plunged forward.
    汽车突然停下,他的身子朝前一冲。

详细解释:


plunge

v.(动词)
plunged,plung.ing,plung.es
v.tr.(及物动词)
To thrust or throw forcefully into a substance or place:
用力插入,用力丢入:用力插入或丢入一种物质或地点里:
例句:
.Plunge the lobsters, head first, into a large pot of rapidly boiling salted water.(Craig Claiborne)
.把龙虾头朝下扔进一大锅滚烫的盐水中.(克雷格·克莱本)

To cast suddenly, violently, or deeply into a given state or situation:
使突然陷入:突然地、猛烈地或深深地投进一种特定的状态或情形:
例句:
.The street was plunged in cool shadow.(Richard Wright)
.街道突然陷入荫凉之中.(理查德·赖特)

v.intr.(不及物动词)
To fall or throw oneself into a substance or place:
投入;陷入:使自己陷入或投入物质或空间中:
例句:
We plunged into the icy mountain lake.
我们跳进冰冷的山间湖中

To throw oneself earnestly or wholeheartedly into an activity or a situation:
全心投入,全神贯注于:认真地或全心全意地使自己投入到一种活动或情形中:
例句:
The students plunged into their examinations.
学生们全神贯注在考试上

To enter or move headlong through something:
冲入:匆忙地进入或穿过某物:
例句:
The hunting dogs plunged into the forest in pursuit of game.
猎狗们冲入森林追捕猎物

To descend steeply; fall precipitously:
陡峭地下倾;突然地下降:
例句:
a cliff that plunges to the sea.
陡降至海面的悬崖

To move forward and downward violently:
突降,俯冲:猛烈地向前或向下运动:
例句:
The disabled aircraft plunged to the ground and burst into flames.
出故障的飞机俯冲至地面后化为一团火焰

To speculate or gamble extravagantly.
冒险,投机:无节制地投机或 *
n.(名词)
The act or an instance of plunging.
投入,陷入:投入、陷入等的行为或事例


A place or an area, such as a swimming pool, for diving or plunging.
投入:供人跳水或潜水的地方或地区,如游泳池
A swim; a dip.
游泳;跳水

<习惯用语>take the plunge【非正式用语】
To begin an unfamiliar venture, especially after hesitating:
冒险,采取断然行动,结婚:开始进行一次不熟悉的冒险,尤其是在踌躇一阵之后:
例句:
After a three-year engagement, they`re finally taking the plunge.
订婚三年后,最终他们结婚了

来源:
Middle English plungen
中古英语 plungen
from Old French plongier
源自 古法语 plongier
from Vulgar Latin *plumbic3re [to heave a sounding lead]
源自 俗拉丁语 *plumbic3re [举起一个测深铅锤]
from Latin plumbum [lead]
源自 拉丁语 plumbum [铅]


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