| 英语单词 | plummet |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['plʌmɪt] 美 ['plʌmɪt] |
| 中文释义 | n.铅锤;铅垂线 vi.垂直落下;暴跌 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Just watch your electricity bills plummet! (2) Share price plummet or plunge on the news of the devaluation. (3) House prices have plummeted in this area. (4) Our economy would plummet into the abyss of national economic ruin. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 您的电费帐单将直线下降! (2) 一有贬值的消息,股票价格就暴跌了。 (3) 此地房价大跌。 (4) 我们的经济将会陷入全面崩溃的深渊。 |
| vocabulary简明 | The verb plummet means "to drop sharply," like eagles that plummet toward earth, seeking prey, or school attendance that plummets when there is a flu outbreak. |
| vocabulary扩展 | To correctly pronounce plummet, say "PLUH-met." This verb describes something that drops sharply or quickly, like a roller coaster that plummets down a hill, temperatures that plummet overnight, or sales of roses and candy that plummet after Valentine's Day. If something plummets, this doesn't mean it will stay down or low forever, just that it has experienced a sharp drop. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](数量、比率或价格)骤然下跌,暴跌 If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount. [V] [V [V [JOURNALISM 新闻]
2 [VERB 动词](通常指从高处)快速落下,陡直掉下 If someone or something plummets, they fall very fast towards the ground, usually from a great height. [V prep]
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