plunge

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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

发音

US /plʌnd͡ʒ/

词形变化

plunges 复数 plunges 三单 plunging 现在分词 plunged 过去式 plunged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

投入;跳进

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    The act of plunging or submerging.

  2. 2.

    A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).

    to take the water with a plunge

    A plunge into the sea

  3. 3.

    A swimming pool.

    过时
  4. 4.

    The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.

    比喻
  5. 5.

    Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.

    俚语
  6. 6.

    An immersion in difficulty, embarrassment, or distress; the condition of being surrounded or overwhelmed; a strait; difficulty.

    废旧
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.

    及物

    to plunge the body into water

  2. 2.

    To cast, stab or throw deep and fast into some thing, state, condition or action.

    比喻 及物

    to plunge a dagger into the breast

    to plunge a nation into war

    the city was plunged into darkness

  3. 3.

    To baptize by immersion.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.

    不及物

    he plunged into the river

  5. 5.

    To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.

    比喻 不及物

    to plunge into debt

    to plunge into controversy

    profits plunge 90%

  6. 6.

    To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.

    不及物 俚语
  8. 8.

    To entangle or embarrass (mostly used in past participle).

    不及物 废旧
  9. 9.

    To overwhelm, overpower.

    不及物 废旧
  10. 1.

    To remove a blockage by suction.

    及物

    to plunge a toilet

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English plungen, ploungen, Anglo-Norman plungier, from Old French plongier, (Modern French plonger), from unattested Late Latin frequentative *plumbicō (“to throw a leaded line”), from plumbum (“lead”). Compare plumb, plounce.

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