英:[ˈplʌmɪt]
美:[ˈplʌmɪt]
英:[ˈplʌmɪt]
美:[ˈplʌmɪt]
plum·met
pluh miht
第三人称单数:plummets
现在分词:plummeting
过去式:plummeted
过去分词:plummeted
词根:plummet
n.plumbing 铅工业;铅管品制造
v.plumbing 探究;垂直悬挂;用铅锤测量;灌铅以增重(plumb的现在分词)
verb
intransitive verb
to fall perpendicularly
birds plummeted down
to drop sharply and abruptly
prices plummeted
noun
plumbalso: plumb line
an abrupt drop : an instance of plummeting If in the final week of the season, the Mets were trying to stop a plummet off a cliff, they are now attempting to climb out of a dark, deep abyss …—Judy Battista
a sharp plummet in prices
14世纪晚期,“铅球,测线的铅锤”,源自古法语 plomet “石墨,铅; 铅锤,测铅锤”,是 plom “测铅锤”的小型化形式(参见 plumb(名词))。
铅锤
直线下跌
Noun Middle English plomet, from Anglo-French plumet, plomet, from plum lead, lead weight — more at plumb
The first known use of plummet was in the 14th century
plummet1 of 2noun
plumb entry 1
plumb line
plummet2 of 2verb
to fall straight down : plunge
plummet1 of 2noun
plumb entry 1
plumb line
plummet2 of 2verb
to fall straight down : plunge
1 Our economy would plummet into the abyss of national economic ruin.
我们的经济将会陷入全面崩溃的深渊。
2 Thanks to severe thunderstorms, I spent the whole flight gripping my seat, worrying that I was going to plummet to my death.
3 The sweet-balloon froze, then plummeted until it hovered right above their heads.
4 If many investors sell, sellers will outnumber buyers and the price of the stock will plummet.
如果有许多投资者同时抛售, 卖方就会超过买方,因此股价就会直线下跌.
5 The slope plummeted eighty feet, straight to the roof of an apartment complex built into the hillside.
6 The nose of the raft made it, carried over by the pressure ridge, hung for a second, then dropped, plummeted down.
7 It plummeted fifteen storeys and smashed itself..on the ground below.
8 The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
那架喷气式飞机一头栽进一排房子里。
9 I looked into Beau’s eyes, one brown and one green, as his face plummeted down away from me.
10 I was trying to decide what tune I should whistle as I plummeted to my death when my phone rang.
11 If interest rates rose, then the value of the government bonds the Banks hold would plummet.
如果利率上涨,那么这些银行所持有的美国国债的价值将大幅缩水。
12 They know that stocks will continue to plummet and any relief will be temporary.
他们知道,股市将继续下跌,任何救援都将是暂时的.
13 The word refers to the rapid plummet of women’s reproductive hormones around age fifty.
“更年期”一词指的是五十岁左右的妇女其生殖激素快速下降。
14 Stock prices plummeted 40 percent during the scandal.
15 Even if rice prices were to plummet, other brakes on poverty alleviation remain.
就算大米价格下滑, 其它阻止导致贫困的因素仍然存在.
16 A monster, it replied, and Jam’s stomach plummeted.
17 Ten years later, Portugal reported that rates of drug abuse and addiction had plummeted, and drug-related crime was on the decline as well.
18 The car plummeted to the bottom of the canyon.
19 With our movements so controlled, the number of steps Barack and I took in a day had plummeted.
20 My stock plummeted, and by high school, it plateaued.
1 铅锤线
2 骤然落下
3 锤线
4 铅坠
5 垂规
6 线锤
8 骤然下跌
10 悬墨
11 锤规
15 垂直落下
16 急剧下降
19 铅垂线
20 骤跌
22 测深锤线