dive

• vi. 潜水；跳水；俯冲；急剧下降
• n. 潜水；跳水；俯冲；扑
• n. (Dive)人名；(法)迪夫

词源同dip, 浸。用来指跳水。

1. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

2. a headlong plunge into water

3. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

dive

dive: [OE] Old English dyfan ‘dive’ came from a prehistoric Germanic *dūbjan. This was a derivative of the base *d(e)ub-, a variant of which, *d(e)up-, was the source of English deep and dip. The colloquial use of the noun for a disreputable bar, nightclub, etc, which comes from 1880s America, is probably a reference to someone ‘diving’ out of sight into such an establishment, which was often in a basement.
=> deep, dip

dive (v.)

mid-13c., from Old English dufan "to dive, duck, sink" (intransitive, class II strong verb; past tense deaf, past participle dofen) and dyfan "to dip, submerge" (weak, transitive), from Proto-Germanic verb *dubijan, from PIE *dheub- "deep, hollow" (see deep (adj.)). Past tense dove is a later formation, perhaps on analogy of drive/drove. Related: Diving. Dive bomber attested by 1939.

dive (n.)

c. 1700, from dive (v.). Sense of "disreputable bar" is first recorded American English 1871, perhaps because they were usually in basements, and going into one was both a literal and figurative "diving."

She knew that her chemistry grade may take a dive as a result.

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I either want to go on a bike tour of Europe or go diving in Mexico.

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Go on a diving tour in Europe

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At first Robert wouldn't let his daughter go diving, but eventually he gave in as she was so confidence about her skills.

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Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else.

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Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: Should I jump?

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Like the child on the diving board, you will stay undecided.

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a dive to a depth of 18 metres

潜到18米水深处

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The goalkeeper made a dive for the ball.

守门员一个鱼跃向球扑去。

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Profits really took a dive last year.

去年利润确实突然下降了。

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a spectacular high dive (= from high above the water)

精彩的高台跳水

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She dived into her bag and took out a couple of coins.

她立即将手伸进包里拿出几枚硬币。

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We dived into the river to cool off.

我们一头跳进河里，凉快一下。

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to dive for pearls

潜水采珠

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The main purpose of his holiday to Greece was to go diving.

他到希腊度假的主要目的就是去潜水。

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The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.

鲸被鱼叉射中后下潜。

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The seagulls soared then dived.

海鸥翱翔着，然后俯冲下来。

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The share price dived from 49p to an all-time low of 40p.

股价从49便士暴跌到40便士的历史最低位。

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We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected) .

我们听到一声爆炸便伏身找掩护。

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The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it.

守门员一个鱼跃向球扑去，可是没有扑到。

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It started to rain so we dived into the nearest cafe.

天下起雨来，我们立即钻进一家最近的咖啡馆。

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If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive...

如果我们降低利率，英镑就会大幅贬值。

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Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m...

利润从770万英镑暴跌至710万英镑。

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We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool.

我们在利物浦所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会演出过。

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She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper.

她立即将手伸入包中拿出一张折好的纸。

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The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire...

出纳员在持枪歹徒开枪时冲向藏身处。

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Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.

贝扎尼奇正在潜水采集海洋生物。

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...a pelican which had just dived for a fish...

刚刚潜入水中捕鱼的鹈鹕

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The shark dived down and swam under the boat.

鲨鱼急速潜入水中，在船下游动。

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He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.

他因驾驶的单翼飞机失速坠地而丧生。

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They dived into a taxi...

他们迅速钻进一辆出租车。

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He tried to escape by diving into a river...

他企图跳入河中逃跑。

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She was standing by a pool, about to dive in...

她站在水池旁边，正要往里跳。

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