American English sometimes uses the form dove, pronounced /dəʊv/, for the past tense. 美國英語中過去式有時用 dove,讀作 /dəʊv/。
1 VERB 跳水 If you
dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.
跳水 -
He tried to escape by diving into a river. [VERB + into]
他企圖跳入河中逃跑。
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She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.
她站在水池旁邊,正要往裏跳。
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Joanne had just learnt to dive. [VERB]
喬安妮剛學會跳水。
2 VERB 潛水 If you
dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.
潛水 SYN go underwater,
snorkel,
scuba-dive,
submerge 3 VERB (鳥或動物)俯沖,急速下撲(或下潛) When birds and animals
dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water.
(鳥或動物)俯沖,急速下撲(或下潛) 4 VERB (飛機)俯沖 If an aeroplane
dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly.
(飛機)俯沖 [Also VERB] 5 VERB 沖向;躍向;撲向 If you
dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.
沖向;躍向;撲向 -
They dived into a taxi. [VERB prep./adv.]
他們迅速鑽進一輛出租車。
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The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire. [VERB prep./adv.]
出納員在持槍歹徒開槍時沖向藏身處。
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He would dive under one obstacle, round another, and lightly step over a third. [VERB prep./adv.]
他會從一個障礙的下面沖過去,繞過另一個,再輕輕地跨過第三個。
6 VERB 迅速將手伸入(包或容器中) If you
dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out.
迅速將手伸入(包或容器中) 7 VERB (股價、利潤或數字)暴跌,驟降 If shares, profits, or figures
dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount.
(股價、利潤或數字)暴跌,驟降 [journalism] -
If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive. [VERB]
如果我們降低利率,英鎊就會大幅貶值。
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Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m. [V + from/to/by]
利潤從770萬英鎊暴跌至710萬英鎊。
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The shares dived 22p to 338p. [VERB amount]
股票暴跌22便士,收於338便士。
8 N-COUNT 下等酒吧;低級夜總會 If you describe a bar or club as a
dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable.
下等酒吧;低級夜總會 [informal, disapproval] SYN sleazy bar,
joint [slang] ,
nightclub,
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