sink

1. N-COUNT A sink is a large fixed container in a kitchen or bathroom, with faucets to supply water. In the kitchen, it is used for washing dishes, and in the bathroom, it is used to wash your hands and face. (固定在廚房裡的) 洗滌槽; (固定在浴室裡的) 洗臉盆

The sink was full of dirty dishes. 水池裡滿是髒碟子。

The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks. 衛生間裡裝有2個便池，2個淋浴器和2個洗臉盆。

2. V-T/V-I If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 使沉沒; 下沉

In a naval battle your aim is to sink the enemy's ship. 在海戰中，你的目標是要擊沉敵艦。

The boat was beginning to sink fast. 那艘船開始迅速下沉。

3. V-I If something sinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 沉沒

A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float. 新鮮雞蛋會下沉，舊雞蛋會浮起來。

4. V-I If something sinks, it moves slowly downward. 下沉

Far off to the west the sun was sinking. 遠遠的，太陽在西邊落下。

5. V-I If something sinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard. 下降

Share prices would have sunk – hurting small and big investors. 股票價格本來會下跌–傷及大大小小的投資者。

Pay increases have sunk to around seven percent. 工資增長已下降到7％左右。

6. V-I If your heart or your spirits sink, you become depressed or lose hope. (心情) 沮喪; (情緒) 低落

My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. 我的心情沮喪，因爲我認爲他要把我甩了，去追求另一個姑娘。

7. V-T/V-I If something sharp sinks or is sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it. 深深切入

I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream. 我的牙齒咬住了一塊薄荷嬭油糖。

8. V-T If someone sinks a well, mine, or other large hole, they make a deep hole in the ground, usually by digging or drilling. 打 (水井); 挖 (鑛井)

...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft. …斯蒂芬森挖第一口鑛井時的舊址。

9. V-T If you sink money into a business or project, you spend money on it in the hope of making more money. 投入 (資金)

He has already sunk $25 million into the project. 他已經在這個項目投入了2500萬美元。

10. →see also sinking , sunk

11. PHRASE 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. 自主沉浮

I think athletes sink or swim depending on how they motivate themselves. 我認爲運動員的成敗取決於他們如何激勵自己。