sinks

英 [sɪŋks]

美 [sɪŋks]

n.  (厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽
v.  下沉; 下陷; 沉没; 使下沉; 使沉没; 倒下; 坐下
sink的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽
  Asinkis a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes.
  1. The sink was full of dirty dishes.
     水槽里堆满了脏碟子。
  2. ...the kitchen sink.
     厨房洗涤槽
• N-COUNT 同 washbasin 或 basin
  Asinkis the same as awashbasinorbasin.
  1. The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
     卫生间里装了两个抽水马桶、两个淋浴器、和两个洗脸盆。
• V-ERG (使)下沉;(使)沉没
  If a boatsinksor if someone or somethingsinksit, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
  1. In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship...
     在海战中目标就是击沉敌船。
  2. The boat was beginning to sink fast...
     小船开始快速下沉。
  3. The lifeboat crashed against the side of the sinking ship.
     救生船撞上了那艘正在下沉的船的侧身。
• VERB 下沉;沉没
  If somethingsinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
  1. A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.
     新鲜鸡蛋会沉下去而不新鲜的会浮在上面。
• VERB 缓慢下降;下陷;沉降
  If somethingsinks, it moves slowly downwards.
  1. Far off to the west the sun was sinking...
     远处夕阳西下。
  2. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.
     他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。
• VERB 坐下;跪下
  If yousink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling.
  1. Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...
     凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。
  2. She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...
     她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。
  3. 'Don't you understand?' I moaned, sinking dramatically to my knees.
     “难道你不懂吗？”我呻吟着，猛然跪倒在地。
• VERB 下降;减少;下跌
  If somethingsinks toa lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
  1. Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors...
     股票价格就会下跌——大小投资者均会遭受打击。
  2. Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...
     工资增长率已降至 7％左右。
  3. The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.
     英镑对奥地利先令的比价已经下跌了10％。
• ADJ 贫困的;条件不好的
  People usesinkschool orsinkestate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources.
  1. ...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...
     来自贫困地区的无业青少年
  2. He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
     他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。
• VERB (声音)变小，降低，变低
  If your voicesinks, it becomes quieter.
  1. Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying...
     她的声音变小了，他走近了些想听清楚她在说什么。
  2. Her voice had sunk to a whisper.
     她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。
• VERB 逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境)
  Tosink intoan unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it.
  1. She'd sometimes sink into depression...
     她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
  2. That night he sank into a deep coma...
     那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。
  3. Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos.
     保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。
• VERB (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落
  If your heart or your spiritssink, you become depressed or lose hope.
  1. My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...
     我的心情一下子很沮丧，以为他要为了另一个女孩和我分手。
  2. Her spirits sank lower and lower.
     她的情绪越来越低落。
• V-ERG (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入
  If something sharpsinksoris sunk intosomething solid, it goes deeply into it.
  1. He sinks the needle into my arm...
     他将针插入我的胳膊。
  2. I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...
     我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。
  3. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
     铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
• VERB 挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等)
  If someonesinksa well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.
  1. ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...
     斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方
  2. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
     如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。
  3. ...a one-thousand foot deep hole sunk into the rock.
     岩石上打了一个深 1,000 英尺的深洞
• VERB 把(资金)投入(企业或项目)
  If yousinkmoneyintoa business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.
  1. He has already sunk $25million into the project.
     他在这项目上已经投资了 2,500 万美元了。
• VERB 猛喝，灌(酒)
  If someonesinksa number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly.
  1. She sank two glasses of white wine.
     她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。
• VERB (高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋
  In golf, snooker, and some other games, if yousinka ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole.
  1. He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes.
     他在最后的三洞中完成了两个非常关键的击球入洞。
• See also:sinkingsunk
• 政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。 → see:The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly...

双语例句

• This will only make your ego sink further as the reality of Davos sinks in.
  这只会让你的自我与达沃斯的真相一起沉沦。
• We also provide you with the elegant gold and bronze finishes in these glass vessel sinks.
  我们也提供您以典雅的金子，并且古铜在这些玻璃船水槽完成。
• Clean the kitchen sinks and the taps taking care to clean around the base of the taps.
  清洁厨房内的洗涤槽及水龙头，注意清洁水龙头底座周围。
• Buy high arch or gooseneck spouts if you have large pots and shallower sinks.
  高弓或购买如果你有嘴鹅颈壶和浅量大。
• Wood and air float, but metal sinks.
  木头和气垫可以浮在上面，但金属不可以。
• He sinks the needle into my arm
  他将针插入我的胳膊。
• Zhang once again believe his lies, he immediately sinks to the sum of money.
  张丽再次相信了他的谎言，马上汇给了他一笔钱。
• The transistors would need to have heat sinks.
  当然，电阻可能会需要加装一个散热器。
• First, you need to set up your input and output sinks.
  首先，需要设置输入和输出接收器。
• This data is then transformed into a colour-coded map of carbon sources and storage sinks.
  这些数据然后会转化成用不同颜色标识的碳源和碳汇的地图。