sink的词语用法是：v.(动词)sink的基本意思是“下沉”,指逐渐下降地运动,尤指物体在空气或水中垂直下降,常指降至于地平面或水平面之下,即全部“浸没”。引申可表示“(日、月等)落下”“(头、目光等)下垂”“衰退”“(地面,建筑物等)下陷”“挖掘(井等)”“埋下”“(价格)降低”“(声音、火、风等)降低”等。引申用法中强调缓慢、逐渐地下落,而不含或少含有“浸没”意味。sink的例句是用作动词(v.)Wood does not sink in water, it floats.木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。sink【近义词】abandon。
一、详尽释义点此查看sink的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.(厨房里的)洗涤池，洗碗槽，水槽
Asink is a large fixed container in a kitchen, with taps to supply water. It is mainly used for washing dishes.
e.g. Thesink was full of dirty dishes.
水槽里堆满了脏碟子。
e.g. ...the kitchensink.
厨房洗涤槽
2.同 washbasin 或 basin
Asink is the same as awashbasin orbasin .
e.g. The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks.
卫生间里装了两个抽水马桶、两个淋浴器、和两个洗脸盆。
3.(使)下沉;(使)沉没
If a boatsinks or if someone or somethingsinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
e.g. In a naval battle your aim is tosink the enemy's ship...
在海战中目标就是击沉敌船。
e.g. The boat was beginning tosink fast...
小船开始快速下沉。
4.下沉;沉没
If somethingsinks, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water.
e.g. A fresh egg willsink and an old egg will float.
新鲜鸡蛋会沉下去而不新鲜的会浮在上面。
5.缓慢下降;下陷;沉降
If somethingsinks, it moves slowly downwards.
e.g. Far off to the west the sun was sinking...
远处夕阳西下。
e.g. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began tosink.
他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。
6.坐下;跪下
If yousink, 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...
凯特笑了，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，跷起了二郎腿。
7.下降;减少;下跌
If somethingsinks to a lower level or standard, it falls to that level or standard.
e.g. Share prices would have sunk — hurting small and big investors...
股票价格就会下跌——大小投资者均会遭受打击。
e.g. Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent...
工资增长率已降至 7％左右。
8.贫困的;条件不好的
People usesink school orsink estate to refer to a school or housing estate that is in a very poor area with few resources.
e.g. ...unemployed teenagers fromsink estates...
来自贫困地区的无业青少年
e.g. He has transformed Chicago'ssink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children.
他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。
9.(声音)变小，降低，变低
If your voicesinks, it becomes quieter.
e.g. Her voice sank, and he moved closer to catch what she was saying...
她的声音变小了，他走近了些想听清楚她在说什么。
e.g. Her voice had sunk to a whisper.
她的声音越来越小，几乎成了窃窃私语。
10.逐渐陷入(某种令人不快的心情、状态或处境)
Tosink into an unpleasant or undesirable mood, situation, or state means to pass gradually into it.
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e.g. She'd sometimessink into depression...
她有时会陷入忧郁之中。
e.g. That night he sank into a deep coma...
那晚他陷入了深度昏迷。
11.(心情)变得沉重;(情绪)变低落
If your heart or your spiritssink, you become depressed or lose hope.
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丧，以为他要为了另一个女孩和我分手。
e.g. Her spirits sank lower and lower.
她的情绪越来越低落。
12.(使)埋入;(把…)打入;(使)插入
If something sharpsinks oris sunk into something solid, it goes deeply into it.
sink的意思
e.g. He sinks the needle into my arm...
他将针插入我的胳膊。
e.g. I sank my teeth into a peppermint cream...
我咬了口胡椒薄荷味奶油软糖。
13.挖，掘(井、矿井、深洞等)
If someonesinks 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竖井的地方
e.g. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。
14.把(资金)投入(企业或项目)
If yousink moneyinto 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.
他在这项目上已经投资了 2,500 万美元了。
15.猛喝，灌(酒)
If someonesinks a number of alcoholic drinks, they drink them quickly.
e.g. She sank two glasses of white wine.
她一口气干了两杯白葡萄酒。
16.(高尔夫球)击(球)入洞;(斯诺克)击(球)入袋
In golf, snooker, and some other games, if yousink a ball or a putt, you successfully hit the ball into a hole.
e.g. He sank two crucial putts in the last three holes.
他在最后的三洞中完成了两个非常关键的击球入洞。
17. see also: sinking;sunk
18.自己努力以求生存;不自立,必沉沦
If you say that someone will have tosink or swim, you mean that they will have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail.
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e.g. The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms tosink or swim too quickly...
政府并不想迫使效率低的公司过快地自生自灭。
e.g. It was very muchsink or swim.
这很大程度上就是不成功便沉沦。
相关词组：sink in
四、例句
Wood does not sink in water, it floats.
木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。
The boat will sink unless we bail out.
我们要不把积水清除掉，船就要沉了。
The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.
这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。
Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in.
把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。
It was several days before the floodwater sank and life returned to normal.
过了几天洪水才退,生活恢复了正常。
They watched the sun sink into the Mediterranean.
他们注视着太阳沉入地中海。
The dirty dishes are in the sink.
那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。
The housewife always keeps the sink clean.
主妇总是保持水槽的清洁。
Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink.
应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。
Due to the general derivation, the longitudinal fin arrays on a heat sink can have either square, rectangular, equilaterally triangular, or cylindrical cross section.
这个研究是针对纵长型的散热器在已知体积与鳍片数目以及一边的深度，求长方形鳍片的长度与宽度与横截面积。
五、常用短语
Thankfully, he sank back into his comfortable chair; someone else would do the job.
那件工作将由另一个人去做; 他颇感欣慰地坐到他那把舒适的椅子上。
sink backShe sank back, unwilling to face her father's anger.
她退了回去,不愿看着父亲发火。
The moon sank below the hills.
月落山下。
As he turned homeward, the sun was sinking below the western horizon.
他转身返家时,太阳正徐徐西沉。
His eyes have sunk in.
他的眼睛凹下去了。
He looked very pale; his cheeks had sunk in.
他脸色苍白,双颊陷了下去。
It took a long time for the bad news to sink in.
人们花了很长时间才弄明白这个坏消息。
Your warning didn't sink in. You may have to talk to him again.
你的警告他没听进去,恐怕你得再跟他谈谈。
I think it has finally sunk in that she must be more careful; she won't forget her passport again!
我想她终于明白了以后必须更加小心才是,她再也不会忘记她的护照了。
It will take a little time for the rain to sink into the dried earth.
要使雨水渗入干土需要一些时间。
He was very tired and sank into a chair.
他非常疲倦,躺靠在椅子上。
The facts don't seem to sink into his head.
他似乎没有牢记这些事实。
Let this lesson sink into our heart.
让这个教训铭记在我们心中吧。
At last the child sank into a deep sleep.
孩子终于沉睡了。
Don't allow yourself to sink into grief, it can do no good.
不要使自己陷入悲哀之中,这样一点好处也没有。
It is really a sad thing to see them sink into such moral degeneracy.
看他们堕落到这个地步,真是一件可悲的事。
He sank further into debt.
他进一步陷入债务中。
She sank into unconsciousness.
她渐渐失去了知觉。
sink sth into sthHe sank his fork into the meat to see if it was well cooked.
他把叉子叉进肉里,检查一下火候够不够。
Sink the fence post carefully into the soil.
把篱笆桩小心地打入地里。
sink sth into sthHe sank all his savings into the firm.
他把他所有的积蓄都投入了这家公司。
I've sunk all my money into a new house.
我投了所有的钱去买一幢新房子。
He has sunk half his fortune into a new business undertaking.
他已把一半财产投资于一个新企业。
The flames at last sank down and the fire went out.
火焰最后微弱下来,火就灭了。
Their standard of living steadily sank down.
他们的生活水平不断下降。
Her head sank down, tears welled up in her eyes.
她的头低了下来,眼中涌出了泪水。
His voice sank to a whisper.
他的声音低到成为耳语。
She fainted and sank to the ground.
她昏倒在地上。
The morale of the enemy forces sank to a very low level.
敌军士气十分低落。
A bite from a thief sinks to the bone.
贼咬一口,入骨三分。
六、经典引文
They leaped into the canal water, and he let himself sink down and down to the bottom.
出自：R. BradburyIt rolled..off the raft and sank without hesitation to the bottom of the tank.
出自：M. FraynI sank into the mud.
出自：L. HellmanThe film..sank virtually without trace.
出自：Times七、词语用法
sink的相关近义词
abandon、abate、abolish、bore、decay、degrade、suppress、worsen
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sink的相关临近词
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