plummet
美音:[´plʌmət
]
英音:[´plʌmət
]
n.铅锤,重荷 vi.垂直落下
难易程度:
plummet为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:plummeted 过去分词:plummeted 现在分词:plummeting 第三人称单数:plummets
近义词, 同义词
plummet
/'plʌmɪt; `plʌmɪt/
n
1 (weight attached to a) plumb-line 测深锤; 铅锤; 铅垂线.
2 weight attached to a fishing-line to keep the float upright （钓丝上的）铅坠, 坠子（用以使鱼漂竖起）.
v [I, Ipr, Ip] fall steeply or rapidly 大坡度或快速落下
*House prices have plummeted in this area. 此地房价大跌.
* Pieces of rock plummeted down the mountainside to the ground below. 岩石一块块顺着山的陡坡滚落到地面.
n
1 (weight attached to a) plumb-line 测深锤; 铅锤; 铅垂线.
2 weight attached to a fishing-line to keep the float upright （钓丝上的）铅坠, 坠子（用以使鱼漂竖起）.
v [I, Ipr, Ip] fall steeply or rapidly 大坡度或快速落下
*House prices have plummeted in this area. 此地房价大跌.
* Pieces of rock plummeted down the mountainside to the ground below. 岩石一块块顺着山的陡坡滚落到地面.
plummet
v alsoplummet down [I]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: plummet 'metal weight on a plumb line' (14-21 centuries), from Old French plommet 'small ball of lead', from plomb; PLUMB1]
to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount
= plungeplummet from sth to sth
Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million.
House prices have plummeted down.
to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place
= plunge
The plane plummeted towards the earth.
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: plummet 'metal weight on a plumb line' (14-21 centuries), from Old French plommet 'small ball of lead', from plomb; PLUMB1]
to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount
= plungeplummet from sth to sth
Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million.
House prices have plummeted down.
to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place
= plunge
The plane plummeted towards the earth.
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