plummet
英 ['plʌmɪt]
美['plʌmɪt]
- n. [测] 铅锤，坠子
- vi. 垂直落下；（价格、水平等）骤然下跌
词态变化
第三人称单数: plummets;过去式: plummeted;过去分词: plummeted;现在分词: plummeting;
中文词源
plummet 暴跌，速降
来自古法语plomet,铅，铅球，来自plomb,铅，铅球，词源同plumb.-et,小词后缀。比喻用法。
英英释意
- 1. the metal bob of a plumb line
英文词源
- plummet
- plummet: see plumb
- plummet (n.)
- late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from Old French plomet "graphite, lead; plummet, sounding lead," diminutive of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb (n.)).
- plummet (v.)
- 1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted; plummeting.
实用场景例句
- Share prices plummeted to an all-time low.
- 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
牛津词典
- Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.
- 一想到又要见到他，她的心情便直往下沉。
牛津词典
- The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
- 那架喷气式飞机一头栽进一排房子里。
牛津词典
- In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...
- 东京股价已连续第6天猛跌。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...
- 首相的支持率在近几个星期已骤跌至前所未有的低点。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground...
- 这架喷气式飞机突然着火，急速坠地。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment.
- 车子在弯道处失去控制，一头扎下堤岸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The poll suggested the ruling party could see its representation plummet from 302 to just 103.
- 这项民调显示,执政的日本自民党的席位可能从302席暴跌至103席.
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- Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.
- 自事件发生以来,蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌.
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- The prices of the shares may ~ or plummet within one day.
- 股票价格有可能在一天之内飞速上升或骤然下跌.
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- Pieces of rock plummet down the mountainside to the ground below.
- 岩石一块块顺著山的陡坡滚落到地面.
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- Photo: Two news helicopters plummet to earth after colliding midair over a park in Phoenix, Arizona.
- 照片: 两架美国电视台直升机在亚利桑那州凤凰城的一个公园上空凌空相撞,并坠入地面.
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- If foreigners were to stop accumulating new dollars, the dollar's value would plummet.
- 如果外国人停止积累新美元, 美元的价值将会一落千丈.
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- And our economy would plummet into the abyss of national economic ruin.
- 而我们的经济就会陷入全面崩溃的深渊.
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- Companies are running scared and viewers have noticed the number of commercials plummet.
- 不少公司感到害怕,观众们发现广告数量暴跌.
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- Just watch your electricity bills plummet!
- 您的电费帐单将直线下降!
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- After menopause, when estrogen levels plummet, some women become forgetful.
- 绝经期后, 当雌激素水平骤然下降, 一些女性开始变得健忘.
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- The action caused the value of our stock to plummet and itwith investors.
- 这一行动造成本公司股票价格剧跌,使投资者无意问津.
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- The Internet and related technologies have caused the cost of communication and transactions to plummet.
- 互联网及其相关技术使得某些交互活动和交易活动的成本迅速下降.
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- They at it again, only this time they are gambling currencies will soar, not plummet.
- 如今他们将故伎重施, 只不过这一次他们赌定的是汇率上升 、 而非下降.
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- Share price plummet or plunge on the news of the devaluation.
- 一有贬值的消息,股票价格就暴跌了.
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- If many investors sell, sellers will outnumber buyers and the price of the stock will plummet.
- 如果有许多投资者同时抛售, 卖方就会超过买方,因此股价就会直线下跌.
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- Even if rice prices were to plummet, other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.
- 就算大米价格下滑, 其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在.
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- That could be alarming if markets dry up and asset values plummet.
- 如果市场枯竭,资产价值沉底,后果令人难以想象.
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- They know that stocks will continue to plummet and any relief will be temporary.
- 他们知道,股市将继续下跌,任何救援都将是暂时的.
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- Actually, it's about desire, expectation and emotion and naturally that can ebb , flow and sometimes plummet '' .
- 实际上, 这是和欲望 、 期待和情绪有关系,自然地有起伏甚至有时突然掉到 低谷.
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- What caused the balloon to plummet?
- 是什么原因致使气球骤然跌落下来了 呢 ?
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