plummet
英 ['pl?m?t]
美['pl?m?t]
- n. [測] 鉛錘，墜子
- vi. 垂直落下；（價格、水平等）驟然下跌
TEM8IELTSGRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?plummets;過去式:?plummeted;過去分詞:?plummeted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?plummeting;
中文詞源
plummet 暴跌，速降
來自古法語plomet,鉛，鉛球，來自plomb,鉛，鉛球，詞源同plumb.-et,小詞后綴。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- plummet
- plummet: see plumb
- plummet (n.)
- late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from Old French plomet "graphite, lead; plummet, sounding lead," diminutive of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb (n.)).
- plummet (v.)
- 1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted; plummeting.
雙語例句
- 1. We'd revise to rewire the building, re plummet re - plumb it.
- 我們必須給大樓重換電線, 重新使它立直.
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- 2. Stocks that plummet to half their value aren't losers, they're'non - performers '.
- 股票價格跌了一半的人不是失敗者, 而是 “ 表現(xiàn)不佳”.
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- 3. Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.
- 自事件發(fā)生以來,蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌.
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- 4. The prices of the shares may ~ or plummet within one day.
- 股票價格有可能在一天之內(nèi)飛速上升或驟然下跌.
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- 5. Pieces of rock plummet down the mountainside to the ground below.
- 巖石一塊塊順著山的陡坡滾落到地面.
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