plummet

英 ['plʌmɪt] 美 ['plʌmɪt]

• n. 铅锤；铅垂线
• vi. 垂直落下；暴跌

英英释义

Noun:

1. the metal bob of a plumb line

Verb:

1. drop sharply;

   "The stock market plummeted"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Just watch your electricity bills plummet!
   您的电费帐单将直线下降!
2. Share price plummet or plunge on the news of the devaluation.
   一有贬值的消息，股票价格就暴跌了。
3. House prices have plummeted in this area.
   此地房价大跌。
4. 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。

经典引文

• My son i' th' ooze is bedded; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.

  出自：Tempest , Shakespeare

• The greatest depths..reached with the plummet are in the North Atlantic.

  出自： M. F. Maury

• The fatal flight that plummeted her into the sea from lightning-swept skies.

  出自：Sun (Baltimore)

• It plummeted fifteen storeys and smashed itself..on the ground below.

  出自： D. Adams

• Anglo-Soviet relations plummeted from relatively cordial to relatively chilly.

  出自： R. Owen

词汇搭配

• plummet method 测锤法
• plummet level 定垂线尺
• lead plummet 铅垂球
• optical plummet 光学垂准器,光学对点...
• plummet line 垂直线

近反义词

【近义词】

• plunge 使投入
• fall 落下
• drop 落下
• dive 潜水
• tumble 暴跌
• swoop 抓取
• crash 撞击
• nose-dive 俯冲
• descent 下降
• plump 丰满的
• plumb bob 铅锤
• plumb （用铅垂）测量...