| 单词 | plummet |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['plʌmit] |
| 解释 | v.垂直或突然坠下 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 垂直或突然地坠下(to fall perpendicularly or abruptly) 【考】 plummet : fall / swerve : turn(突然落下和落下/突 然转弯和转弯)waft : plummet / meander : dash(飘落相对突然落下/ 漫步相对猛冲)contract : implode / descend : plummet(收缩和急剧收缩/下 降和突然下降) 【记】 plummet原意为'测深 锤' 【例】 His popularity has plummeted.(他名望骤 降) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 垂直或突然地坠下; (股市)爆跌 = plunge 【记】源于plumb的铅锤的意义 【类】plummet: fall[waft, descend, fall descend] = swerve: turn = clash: meander = implode: contract = dart: move突然落下对落下[飘落] = 突然转弯对转弯 = 猛冲对漫步 = 急剧收缩对收缩 = 飞奔对移动plummet: ascend = ? 突然下落: 上昇 = ? 【反】rise sharply(急剧上昇) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】plumb 铅锤 + meet 你要是碰上铅锤了就是它从上面坠下来了 |
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