plunge

英 [pl?n(d)?] 美[pl?nd?]

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第三人稱單數:?plunges;過去式:?plunged;過去分詞:?plunged;現在分詞:?plunging;

1. 諧音“撲浪急、撲浪季”---撲浪、跳水的好季節。
2. plumb => plunge: 該詞原先的含義是測試水深的鉛錘或者用鉛錘將漁網拉入水中。

plunge 插入，猛傾，暴跌，前沖，跳水

來自古法語plongier,浸入，沉入，跳水，來自拉丁語plumbum,鉛，鉛球，詞源同plumb.其原義為用鉛垂線測水深，引申詞義前沖，跳水，比喻義猛傾，暴跌，比較plummet.

plunge: plunge: see plumb
plunge (v.): late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
plunge (n.): c. 1400, "deep pool," from plunge (v.). From late 15c. as "a sudden pitch forward;" meaning "act of plunging" is from 1711. Figurative use in take the plunge "commit oneself" is from 1845, from earlier noun sense of "point of being in trouble or danger" (1530s).

2. Local residents saw it plunge towards Earth with a deafening roar.: 當地的居民看見它伴著一聲震耳欲聾的巨響撞向地面。

3. He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water.: 他做好了準備要跳進冰冷的臟水里。

4. This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions.: 這次大跌出現在相對良好的經濟環境下。

5. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.: 他們說，現在整個國家會不可避免地一頭陷入衰退中。