| 词汇 | plunged |
| 释义 | plunged past simple and past participle ofplunge plunge verb uk /plʌndʒ/ us /plʌndʒ/ plungeverb (FALL)C2[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down, or into something: （使）（某人或某物）骤然移动，骤然下降 We ran down to the beach and plunged into the sea.我们跑向海滩，纵身跳入海中。 The car went out of control and plunged over the cliff.轿车失去控制坠下悬崖。 Cook the peas by plunging them into boiling water.把豌豆倒入沸水中煮。 Niagara Falls plunges 55.5 metres.尼亚加拉大瀑布落差为55.5米。 to go down onto the ground suddenly fallShe slipped and fell. dropSeveral apples dropped from the tree. collapseSeveral buildings collapsed in the earthquake. crumpleHe fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor. tumbleA huge rock tumbled down the mountain. plungeFour of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke. The car skidded and plunged headlong over the cliff.汽车一打滑，从悬崖上冲了下去。 She drew a deep breath and plunged into the water.她深吸一口气然后猛地跳入水中。 The climbers had plunged to their deaths in the avalanche. The lack of employment in this part of the country is causing house prices to plunge. Desperately needing to cool off, I plunged my hands into the cold water and threw it over my face. Moving downwards base jumping cascade descend descent downwardly drop/fall/sink like a stoneidiom fall fall down go down parachute plumb post-dive pronate pronation put put something/someone down rain (something) down set spiral touch You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less plungeverb (BECOME LOWER)C1[ I ] to become lower in value or level very suddenly and quickly: （价值或程度）暴跌，骤降 The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge.需求下降导致股价大幅下跌。 Our income has plunged dramatically.我们的收入骤减。 to become smaller or less decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment. lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease. lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join. reduceThey've just reduced the price. bring downThey are bringing down their prices. dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement. Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Falling and dropping Phrasal verbsplunge in/plunge into something plunge (someone/something) into something Examples of plungedplunged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because this excessive capacity has rapidly depleted fish stocks, profitability has plunged, reducing the value of ships on the market. When deteriorating health leads to the need for round-the-clock care for frail members, busy working families are often plunged into crisis. Not surprisingly, the welfare economists plunged into the breach. I plunged into the jungle of that great and wild language, getting thwacked by the branches of word-endings and consonant clusters right and left. Over the centuries, investors have plunged incorrigibly into exotic opportunities where distance and the lack of reliable information have appeared positive inducements. As a listener, you're suddenly plunged into a world of memory. The party's parliamentary seats plunged even more spectacularly from a bare majority of 151 at dissolution (of 295 seats) to just two. Thus, when the stock market plunged, bank capital ratios were also severely affected. The inevitable collapse of the credit boom plunged the economy into recession. The reader, in consequence, is plunged into the history region by region, to alarming effect. It could be argued, however, that without the wheat programmes introduced in 1938, prices would have plunged to even more depressing levels. With his hand gripping his cloth-patch in his pocket, he plunged through the hedge and into the estate grounds. The culprits created conduit political banks for siphoning public resources to fund political activities, which plunged the country into hyperinflation. The supercritical convective motion consisted of vertical jets of cool surface fluid which plunged downward into the interior of the fluid. It increased in 1999 and then with strong markets plunged to $6 billion in 2000. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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