| 釋義 |
plunge /plAndg; pUnd3/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 14, 2A, C] ~ (into), put (sth), or go suddenly and with force, into: 投入(某如); 使陷入; 突入： ~ one's hand into cold water/a hole; 將手伸入冷水(洞) 中; ~ a country into war; 使一國(guó)陷入戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng); ~ a room into darkness, eg by cutting off the current; 使一房間陷入黑暗中(如切斷電源); ~ into a swimming-pool; 跳入游泳池; ~ into an argument; 突然開(kāi)始爭(zhēng)論; be ~d into grief. 陷入悲哀的境地。 2 [VP2A, C] (of a horse) move forward and downward quickly; (of a ship) thrust its bows into the water; (sl) gamble deeply; run into debt. (指馬)顛躍; (指船) 顛簸; (俚)狂賭; 負(fù)債。 n act of plunging (eg from a diving-board into water); violent thrust or other movement. 投入; 陷入; 跳入(如從跳臺(tái)跳水); 突進(jìn)。 take the (fig) take a critical step; do sth decisive. (喻)采取重大步驟，做決定性的事。 plunger n (esp) part of a mechanism that moves with a plunging motion, eg the piston of a pump; suction device for clearing a blocked pipe. (尤指機(jī)器之)活柱頂塞(如唧筒的活塞); 柱塞。 |