Plunge



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 向前倒下; 俯冲
• ［英］ v. 向前倒下; 俯冲 ( move suddenly forwards and downwards)
• ［类］ hover : plunge / crouch : spring ( 俯冲之前盘旋 / 跳起之前蹲伏)
• ［例］ a plunge into the sea from the rocks

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (plunged; plunging)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French plunger, from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare, from Latin plumbum lead
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly into something <plunged the dagger>
  • 2. to cause to enter a state or course of action usually suddenly, unexpectedly, or violently <plunged the nation into economic depression>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to thrust or cast oneself into or as if into water
  • 2.
    • a. to become pitched or thrown headlong or violently forward and downward; also to move oneself in such a manner <plunged off the embankment>
    • b. to act with reckless haste ; enter suddenly or unexpectedly <plunges into project after project>
    • c. to bet or gamble heavily and recklessly
  • 3. to descend or dip suddenly <the stock's value plunged>

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• an act or instance of plunging ; dive; also swim

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