sink

• vi. 下沉；消沉；渗透
• vt. 使下沉；挖掘；使低落
• n. 水槽；洗涤槽；污水坑
• n. (Sink)人名；(英、瑞典)辛克

来自古英语 sincan,下沉，下陷，来自 Proto-Germanic*senkwan,下沉，下陷，来自 PIE*sengw, 下沉，下陷，词源同 sag,saggy.

1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;

"the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

sink

sink: [OE] Sink is a general Germanic verb, with relatives in German sinken, Dutch zinken, Swedish sjunka, and Danish synke. But where their common Germanic ancestor came from is not known. These days, sink means both ‘go below water’ and ‘cause to go below water’, but originally it was used only for the former. There was a separate but closely related verb, sench, for ‘cause to sink’, which died out in the 14th century. The noun sink [15] originally denoted a pit ‘sunk’ in the ground for receiving water.

sink (v.)

Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwan (cognates: Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."

The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (compare drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.

sink (n.)

early 15c., "cesspool, pit for reception of wastewater or sewage," from sink (v.). Figurative sense of "place where corruption and vice abound" is from 1520s. Meaning "drain for carrying water to a sink" is from late 15c. Sense of "shallow basin (especially in a kitchen) with a drainpipe for carrying off dirty water" first recorded 1560s. In science and technical use, "place where heat or other energy is removed from a system" (opposite of source), from 1855.

descend, drop, fall, sink

这些动词都表示"落下，下降"之意。

descend： 通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。

drop： 指物体从一定高度落下。

fall与drop同义，指突然或猛烈地降落，但fall也可指任何下落，同高度或形式无关。

sink： 指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。

In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year- old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbed in a fascinating comic strip.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

For instance, you can move a TV to the kitchen and watch your favorite shows while you're standing at the sink.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Becoming educated should not require giving up joy but rather lead to finding joy in new kinds of things: reading novels instead of playing with small figures, conducting experiments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issues rather than stringing together nonsense words, for example.

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A few minutes later, the pressured strokes started to produce a relieving effect and my body and mind began to sink deeper into relaxation.

2018年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Think of a 3-year-old lost in the pleasures of finding out what he can and cannot sink in the bathtub, a 5-year-old beside herself with the thrill of putting together strings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completely absorbe

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Frederick's central idea, that stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely, inspired the first fully fitted kitchen, designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Brazil opened a research station in 1984, but it was largely destroyed by a fire that killed two members of the navy in 2012, the same year that a diesel-laden Brazilian barge sank near the base.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Frederick's central idea, that "stove, sink and kitchen table must be placed in such a relation that useless steps are avoided entirely", inspired the first fully fitted kitchen,designed in the 1920s by Margarete Schütter-Libotsky.

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Researchers also point to the time sink that is involved in preparing data for others to view.

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought (干旱) and drive a decline of up to a third in the number of species.

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Take filling up the kitchen sink as an example.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The next time you're standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you'll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don't be desperate.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

There is absolutely nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until it's full.

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually enjoyed doing it.

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The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.

船沉入海底。

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The sink was full of dirty dishes.

水槽里堆满了脏碟子。

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...the kitchen sink.

厨房洗涤槽

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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。

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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。

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The boat was beginning to sink fast...

小船开始快速下沉。

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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。

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Far off to the west the sun was sinking...

远处夕阳西下。

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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。

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Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...

凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。

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She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...

她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。

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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。

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Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...

工资增长率已降至 7％左右。

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...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...

来自贫困地区的无业青少年

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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。

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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。

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Her voice had sunk to a whisper.

她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。

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She'd sometimes sink into depression...

她有时会陷入忧郁之中。

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That night he sank into a deep coma...

那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。

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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。

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Her spirits sank lower and lower.

她的情绪越来越低落。

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He sinks the needle into my arm...

他将针插入我的胳膊。

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I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...

我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。

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...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...

斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方

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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。

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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。

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She sank two glasses of white wine.

她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。

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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。

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The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly...

政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。

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It was very much sink or swim.

这很大程度上就是不成功便沉沦。

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