1. (廚房里的)洗滌池，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.

    e.g. The sink was full of dirty dishes.
           水槽里堆滿了臟碟子。
    e.g. ...the kitchen sink.
           廚房洗滌槽

2. 同 washbasin 或 basin
    A sink is the same as a washbasin or basin .

    e.g. The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
           衛(wèi)生間里裝了兩個(gè)抽水馬桶、兩個(gè)淋浴器、和兩個(gè)洗臉盆。

3. (使)下沉;(使)沉沒
    If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.

    e.g. In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship...
           在海戰(zhàn)中目標(biāo)就是擊沉敵船。
    e.g. The boat was beginning to sink fast...
           小船開始快速下沉。

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

    e.g. A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.
           新鮮雞蛋會(huì)沉下去而不新鮮的會(huì)浮在上面。

5. 緩慢下降;下陷;沉降
    If something sinks, it moves slowly downwards.

    e.g. Far off to the west the sun was sinking...
           遠(yuǎn)處夕陽西下。
    e.g. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.
           他們建南邊的塔尖時(shí)，地基就開始下沉了。

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

    e.g. Kate laughed, and sank down again to her seat...
           凱特笑了，又坐回到她的座位上。
    e.g. She sank into an armchair and crossed her legs...
           她坐到一把扶手椅上，蹺起了二郎腿。

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

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    e.g. Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors...
           股票價(jià)格就會(huì)下跌——大小投資者均會(huì)遭受打擊。
    e.g. Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...
           工資增長(zhǎng)率已降至 7％左右。

8. 貧困的;條件不好的
    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.

    e.g. ...unemployed teenagers from sink estates...
           來自貧困地區(qū)的無業(yè)青少年
    e.g. He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
           他已經(jīng)將芝加哥的幾所條件不好的學(xué)校徹底變成了為家長(zhǎng)和孩子們帶來希望的好學(xué)校。

9. (聲音)變小，降低，變低
    If your voice sinks, it becomes quieter.

    e.g. Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying...
           她的聲音變小了，他走近了些想聽清楚她在說什么。
    e.g. Her voice had sunk to a whisper.
           她的聲音越來越小，幾乎成了竊竊私語。

10. 逐漸陷入(某種令人不快的心情、狀態(tài)或處境)
      To sink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it.

      e.g. She'd sometimes sink into depression...
             她有時(shí)會(huì)陷入憂郁之中。
      e.g. That night he sank into a deep coma...
             那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。

11. (心情)變得沉重;(情緒)變低落
      If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope.

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      e.g. My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl...
             我的心情一下子很沮喪，以為他要為了另一個(gè)女孩和我分手。
      e.g. Her spirits sank lower and lower.
             她的情緒越來越低落。

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

      e.g. He sinks the needle into my arm...
             他將針插入我的胳膊。
      e.g. I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...
             我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油軟糖。

13. 挖，掘(井、礦井、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.

      e.g. ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft...
             斯蒂芬森挖掘第一口豎井的地方
      e.g. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
             如果他們繼續(xù)鉆洞，地表很有可能下沉。

14. 把(資金)投入(企業(yè)或項(xiàng)目)
      If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money.

      e.g. He has already sunk $25million into the project.
             他在這項(xiàng)目上已經(jīng)投資了 2,500 萬美元了。

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

      e.g. She sank two glasses of white wine.
             她一口氣干了兩杯白葡萄酒。

16. (高爾夫球)擊(球)入洞;(斯諾克)擊(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.

sink的近義詞

      e.g. He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes.
             他在最后的三洞中完成了兩個(gè)非常關(guān)鍵的擊球入洞。

17. see also: sinking;sunk

18. 自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉淪
      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.

      e.g. 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過快地自生自滅。
      e.g. It was very much sink or swim.
             這很大程度上就是不成功便沉淪。

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