音标：[ˈplʌmɪtid] ；

v. 垂直落下, 骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

v drop sharply

plummet的用法和样例：

例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)

Just watch your electricity bills plummet!您的电费帐单将直线下降!
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。
House prices have plummeted in this area.此地房价大跌。
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

【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...

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