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1. N-COUNT (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 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 (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. 

  • 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 下沉;沉没 If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 

  • 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 缓慢下降;下陷;沉降 If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards. 

  • 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 坐下;跪下 If you sink, you move into a lower position, for example by sitting down in a chair or kneeling. 

  • 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 下降;减少;下跌 If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 

  • 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 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. 

  • ...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 (声音)变小，降低，变低 If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter. 

  • 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 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. 

  • 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 (心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落 If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. 

  • 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 (使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入 If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. 

  • 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 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. 

  • ...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 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. 

  • 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 猛喝，灌(酒) If someone sinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly. 

  • She sank two glasses of white wine.

    她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。

16. VERB (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. 

  • 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 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。

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Noun

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

Verb

1. fall or drop to a lower place or level;

  • "He sank to his knees"

2. cause to sink;

  • "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

3. pass into a specified state or condition;

  • "He sank into Nirvana"

4. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

  • "He sank into bed"
  • "She subsided into the chair"

6. appear to move downward;

  • "The sun dipped below the horizon"
  • "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
  • synonym： dip

7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

  • "The real estate market fell off"

8. fall or sink heavily;

  • "He slumped onto the couch"
  • "My spirits sank"

9. embed deeply;

  • "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"
  • "He buried his head in her lap"

体育

  • 1.下沉

力学

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土木工程

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建筑

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  • 1.洗池

数学

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水利

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自动化

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航空

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  • 1.汇流体向流场中某处流入的一种流动。

计算机

  • 1.散热器，接收器，转接器；吸收(电流等)；沟(半导体耗尽层的)；收点；宿，汇集
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  • 1.汇点

通信

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  • 1.信宿
  • 2.在通信中，从另一部件（信源）接收信息的部件。

铁道

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  • 1.餐车洗池
1. A clutter of dirty dishes filled the sink.
洗碗池里堆满了乱七八糟的脏碗碟。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. A porcelain sink cleans easily.
瓷水槽容易弄干净。

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3. A small leak will sink a great ship.
小漏洞能使大船沉没。

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4. Don't allow yourself to sink into grief; it can do no good.
不要使自己陷入悲哀之中，这样一点好处也没有。

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5. He always seems to take everything but the kitchen sink when he goes on holiday.
他度假时好像总把一切能带的东西都带来。

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6. He desired not to be pedestalled, but to sink into the crowd.
他不愿高高在上，而愿深入到民众当中去。

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7. He must sink or swim by his own efforts now.
现在得靠他自己去闯了。

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8. He sink his voice to a whisper.
他把声音降低为耳语。

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9. He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
讳疾忌医的人，错误越陷越深。

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10. He's only staying three days, but he arrived with everything but the kitchen sink.
他只住三天，可是他把一切杂七杂八的东西都带来了。

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11. How could he sink to such depths?
他怎么会堕落到这种地步呢？

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12. It took a long time for the bad news to sink in.
人们花了很长时间才弄明白这个坏消息。

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13. It will take a little time for the rain to sink into the dried earth.
要使雨水渗入干燥的土地需要一些时间。

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14. Let us sink our difference.
让我们排除分歧。

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15. The dirty dishes are in the sink.
脏碟子在洗涤槽中。

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16. The facts don't seem to sink into his head.
他似乎没有牢记这些事实。

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17. The lack of money will certainly sink our plan.
资金短缺准会毁了我们的计划。

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18. The pan belongs under the sink.
锅应放在洗碗池下面。

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19. Water from the kitchen sink overflowed onto the floor.
厨房洗涤槽中的水溢出流到地上。

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20. Wood does not sink in water.
木头不会沉入水中。

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