音标:[ˈplʌmɪts] ;
v. 垂直落下, 骤然跌落( plummet的第三人称单数 )
n the metal bob of a plumb line
v drop sharply

plummet的用法和样例:

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。

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

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
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