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plummet
时间: 2023-09-04 21:21:00
雅思GRE
英 [ˈplʌmɪt]
美 [ˈplʌmɪt]

v. 快速落下;陡直落下;骤然下跌;陡然下降

n. 骤跌;陡跌;骤降;铅锤;测深锤;铅锤线;测深锤线

双语例句
  • House prices have plummeted because of new government policies.

    因为新的政府政策,房价遭到了暴跌。

  • The plane plummeted after the engine caught fire.

    这架飞机在引擎起火后陡然落下。

  • After the plummet in the stock market, many people started to sell stocks.

    在经历了股市的骤跌后,许多人都纷纷开始抛售股票。

  • The share prices plummeted to a record low.

    股价垂直下跌至历史最低点

  • The glamour stocks of the age saw their values plummet.

    当时的魅力股的价值大大缩水。

  • Everyone expects Broadway's box office to plummet in September.

    大家都预料到9月百老汇的票房会大幅下跌。

  • After menopause, when estrogen levels plummet, some women become forgetful.

    绝经期后,当雌激素水平骤然下降,一些女性开始变得健忘。

  • Now water tables plummet in countries harboring half the world's population.

    现在世界一半人口不得不正视这样一个事实:因为过度汲取地下水,他们所在的国家的地下水位急剧下降。

  • The new drachma would plummet, making Greece’s debt burden even more onerous.

    新的希腊货币将会狂跌,使国家的债务负担变得更加沉重。

近义词
同根词

词根 plummet

  • plumbing n. 铅工业;铅管品制造 v. 探究;垂直悬挂;用铅锤测量;灌铅以增重(plumb的现在分词)

百科

plummet是一个英语单词,可以用作名词和不及物动词,可以翻译为垂直落下、骤然跌落,等等。

释义
v.

[no obj.]fall or drop straight down at high speed

快速落下,陡直落下

  • a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully.

    一位登山者从300英尺高处陡然掉到一个冰谷里给摔死了。

decrease rapidly in value or amount

(在价值或数量上)骤然下跌,陡然下降

  • hardware sales plummeted.

    硬件销售量陡然下降。

n.

a steep and rapid fall or drop

骤跌,陡跌,骤降。

a plumb or plumb line

铅锤,测深锤;铅锤线,测深锤线。

词源

"late Middle English (as a noun): from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead', diminutive of plomb ‘lead'. The current verb sense dates from the 1930s."

  • That's good one too, Pheebs. Now all you have to do is find a planeload of people who's resolution is to plummet to their deaths.

    这个也很棒,接着你得找一群希望自己坠机身亡的人。

    《Friends Season 5》《老友记 第五季》

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