跟我背cet4核心词汇225:dive
dive
难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词
基本释义
n.潜水；跳水
vi.跳水；俯冲；潜心钻研
双语释义
v.(动词)
vi. 跳水 jump head first into water
同义词
n. diving，honkytonk，nose dive，nosedive
v. plunge，plunk
参考例句
1. he dived gracefully into the water.
他动作优美地跳入水中。
2. with a dive, he caught a carp.
他一个跳水，抓住了一条鲤鱼。
3. time to dive into the fireworks.
是时候冲入焰火之中了。
1.v-i if you dive into some water, you jump in head first with your arms held straight above your head. 跳水
例：he tried to escape by diving into a river.
他企图跳入河中逃走。
例：she was standing by a pool, about to dive in.
她正站在池边，准备跳进去。
2.n-count dive is also a noun. 跳水
例：pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the chasm bridge.
早些时，帕特曾从卡泽姆大桥进行过80英尺高的跳水。
3.v-i if you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. 潜水
例：bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
贝赞尼克正在潜水采集海洋生物。
4.n-count dive is also a noun. 潜水
例：this sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off sardinia.
这次亲眼所见发生在我向撒丁岛外一艘沉船潜水的期间。
5.v-i when birds and animals dive, they go quickly downward, head first, through the air or through water. (鸟等动物) 俯冲
例：...a pelican which had just dived for a fish.
…一只刚刚下潜捕鱼的鹈鹕。
6.v-i if you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. 跃向; 冲向
例：they dived into a taxi.
他们冲进了出租车。
7.n-count dive is also a noun. 冲; 扑
例：he made a sudden dive for uncle jim's legs to try to trip him up.
他猛地扑向吉姆大叔的双腿，试图绊倒他。
8.v-i if shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. (股票、利润、数字等) 突然暴跌 [journalism]
例：they feared the stock could dive after its first day of trading.
他们担心这支股票在其第一个交易日后会暴跌。
例：profits have dived from $7.7m to $7.1m.
利润从770万美元骤跌至710万美元。
9.n-count dive is also a noun. (股票、利润、数字等) 骤降
例：stock prices took a dive.
股票价格暴跌。
10.n-count if you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. 低级酒吧; 低级夜总会 [非正式]
例：we've played in all the little clubs and dives around philadelphia.
我们玩遍了费城所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会。
常见用法
用作名词 (n.)
our dive is a part of this expedition.
我们这次潜水活动就是属于这个远航的一部分。
what a beautiful dive!
多么优美的跳水！
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
he dived from the bridge and rescued the drowning child.
他从桥上跳入水中，救起溺水的孩子。
the eagle dived down on the rabbit.
那只鹰向兔子猛扑下来。
children always dive to the bottom of a subject.
孩子们对问题总是追根究底的。