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sink v.下沉；沉没；渗透；低落；变低；衰弱；（太阳）落下n.水槽；沟渠；散热器；接收端 (1) 木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。(2) 我们要不把积水清除掉，船就要沉了。(3) 这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。(4) 把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。(5) 过了几天洪水才退,生活恢复了正常。(6) 他们注视着太阳沉入地中海。(7) 那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。(8) 主妇总是保持水槽的清洁。(9) 应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。(10) 这个研究是针对纵长型的散热器在已知体积与鳍片数目以及一边的深度，求长方形鳍片的长度与宽度与横截面积。 Things can sink, like a toy octopus descending to the bottom of the bathtub or the sun appearing to sink below the horizon. You can also deliberately sink something, as when you capsize your friend's remote controlled speedboat on purpose. When sink is a noun, it's the water basin in your kitchen or bathroom. The Old English root of both kinds of sink is sincan, "become submerged or go under," from a Germanic source.

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英 [sɪŋk] 美 [sɪŋk] (1) Wood does not sink in water, it floats.(2) The boat will sink unless we bail out.(3) The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.(4) Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in.(5) It was several days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal.(6) They watched the sun sink into the Mediterranean.(7) The dirty dishes are in the sink.(8) The housewife always keeps the sink clean.(9) Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink.(10) Due to the general derivation, the longitudinal fin arrays on a heat sink can have either square, rectangular, equilaterally triangular, or cylindrical cross section. When things sink, they settle or drop to a lower level. If your kayak has a leak, it might fill with water and sink to the bottom of the lake. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽 A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes. The sink was full of dirty dishes.水槽里堆满了脏碟子。...the kitchen sink.厨房洗涤槽2[N-COUNT 可数名词]同 washbasin 或 basin A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin . 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。3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)下沉；(使)沉没 If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.   [V n]  [V]  [V-ing]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。The boat was beginning to sink fast...小船开始快速下沉。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。sinking...the sinking of the Titanic.“泰坦尼克号”的沉没4[VERB 动词]下沉；沉没 If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.   [V]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。5[VERB 动词]缓慢下降；下陷；沉降 If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards.   [V]Far off to the west the sun was sinking...远处夕阳西下。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。6[VERB 动词]坐下；跪下 If you sink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling.   [V adv/prep]  [WRITTEN 笔语]Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。'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。7[VERB 动词]下降；减少；下跌 If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.   [V]  [V to/from/by amount/n]  [V amount]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。Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...工资增长率已降至 7％左右。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％。8[ADJ 形容词]贫困的；条件不好的 People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources.   [ADJ n]  [BRIT 英]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...来自贫困地区的无业青少年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。9[VERB 动词](声音)变小，降低，变低 If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter.   [V]  [V to/into n]  [WRITTEN 笔语]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。Her voice had sunk to a whisper.她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。10[VERB 动词]逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) To sink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it.   [V into n]  [WRITTEN 笔语]She'd sometimes sink into depression...她有时会陷入忧郁之中。That night he sank into a deep coma...那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos.保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。11[VERB 动词](心情)变得沉重；(情绪)变低落 If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope.   [V]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。Her spirits sank lower and lower.她的情绪越来越低落。12[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)埋入；(把…)打入；(使)插入 If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.   [V n into n]  [V into n]He sinks the needle into my arm...他将针插入我的胳膊。I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。13[VERB 动词]挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等) If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling.   [V n]  [V-ed]...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方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。...a one-thousand foot deep hole sunk into the rock.岩石上打了一个深 1,000 英尺的深洞14[VERB 动词]把(资金)投入(企业或项目) If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.   [V n into n]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。15[VERB 动词]猛喝，灌(酒) If someone sinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly.   [V n]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]She sank two glasses of white wine.她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。16[VERB 动词](高尔夫球)击(球)入洞；(斯诺克)击(球)入袋 In golf, snooker, and some other games, if you sink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole.   [V n]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。17See also:sinking；sunk；  18[PHRASE 短语]自己努力以求生存；不自立，必沉沦 If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. to sink without trace→see: trace； 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。It was very much sink or swim.这很大程度上就是不成功便沉沦。相关词组：sink in

英语单词	sink
英美音标	英 [sɪŋk] 美 [sɪŋk]
中文释义	v.下沉；沉没；渗透；低落；变低；衰弱；（太阳）落下 n.水槽；沟渠；散热器；接收端
英语例句	(1) Wood does not sink in water, it floats. (2) The boat will sink unless we bail out. (3) The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo. (4) Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in. (5) It was several days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal. (6) They watched the sun sink into the Mediterranean. (7) The dirty dishes are in the sink. (8) The housewife always keeps the sink clean. (9) Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink. (10) Due to the general derivation, the longitudinal fin arrays on a heat sink can have either square, rectangular, equilaterally triangular, or cylindrical cross section.
中文例句	(1) 木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。 (2) 我们要不把积水清除掉，船就要沉了。 (3) 这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。 (4) 把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。 (5) 过了几天洪水才退,生活恢复了正常。 (6) 他们注视着太阳沉入地中海。 (7) 那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。 (8) 主妇总是保持水槽的清洁。 (9) 应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。 (10) 这个研究是针对纵长型的散热器在已知体积与鳍片数目以及一边的深度，求长方形鳍片的长度与宽度与横截面积。
vocabulary简明	When things sink, they settle or drop to a lower level. If your kayak has a leak, it might fill with water and sink to the bottom of the lake.
vocabulary扩展	Things can sink, like a toy octopus descending to the bottom of the bathtub or the sun appearing to sink below the horizon. You can also deliberately sink something, as when you capsize your friend's remote controlled speedboat on purpose. When sink is a noun, it's the water basin in your kitchen or bathroom. The Old English root of both kinds of sink is sincan, "become submerged or go under," from a Germanic source.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽 A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes. The sink was full of dirty dishes. 水槽里堆满了脏碟子。 ...the kitchen sink. 厨房洗涤槽 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 washbasin 或 basin A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin . 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。 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)下沉；(使)沉没 If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. [V n] [V] [V-ing] 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。 The boat was beginning to sink fast... 小船开始快速下沉。 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。 sinking ...the sinking of the Titanic. “泰坦尼克号”的沉没 4 [VERB 动词]下沉；沉没 If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. [V] 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。 5 [VERB 动词]缓慢下降；下陷；沉降 If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards. [V] Far off to the west the sun was sinking... 远处夕阳西下。 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。 6 [VERB 动词]坐下；跪下 If you sink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling. [V adv/prep] [WRITTEN 笔语] Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat... 凯特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。 She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs... 她坐到一把扶手椅上，跷起了二郎腿。 '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。 7 [VERB 动词]下降；减少；下跌 If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. [V] [V to/from/by amount/n] [V amount] 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。 Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent... 工资增长率已降至 7％左右。 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％。 8 [ADJ 形容词]贫困的；条件不好的 People use sink school or sink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources. [ADJ n] [BRIT 英] [JOURNALISM 新闻] ...unemployed teenagers from sink estates... 来自贫困地区的无业青少年 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。 9 [VERB 动词](声音)变小，降低，变低 If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter. [V] [V to/into n] [WRITTEN 笔语] 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。 Her voice had sunk to a whisper. 她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。 10 [VERB 动词]逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境) To sink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it. [V into n] [WRITTEN 笔语] She'd sometimes sink into depression... 她有时会陷入忧郁之中。 That night he sank into a deep coma... 那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。 Bulgaria's economy has sunk into chaos. 保加利亚的经济已陷入了混乱。 11 [VERB 动词](心情)变得沉重；(情绪)变低落 If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. [V] 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。 Her spirits sank lower and lower. 她的情绪越来越低落。 12 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)埋入；(把…)打入；(使)插入 If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. [V n into n] [V into n] He sinks the needle into my arm... 他将针插入我的胳膊。 I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream... 我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。 The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes. 铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。 13 [VERB 动词]挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等) If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. [V n] [V-ed] ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft... 斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口竖井的地方 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。 ...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 14 [VERB 动词]把(资金)投入(企业或项目) If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money. [V n into n] 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。 15 [VERB 动词]猛喝，灌(酒) If someone sinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly. [V n] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] She sank two glasses of white wine. 她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。 16 [VERB 动词](高尔夫球)击(球)入洞；(斯诺克)击(球)入袋 In golf, snooker, and some other games, if you sink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole. [V n] 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。 17 See also:sinking ；sunk ； 18 [PHRASE 短语]自己努力以求生存；不自立，必沉沦 If you say that someone will have to sink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. to sink without trace→see: trace ； 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。 It was very much sink or swim. 这很大程度上就是不成功便沉沦。相关词组： sink in

Sink [V Sank Verb 动词 N Sunk Lower