sink

關於sink的翻譯

<<動詞>>沈入,滲入;沈陷,消沈;降格,降級,墮落洗滌槽,污水溝,藏垢納汙之地;[物]匯(大量吸收某種物質的器件或系統)

sink definition

1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
• examples: the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide
3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
4. fall or descend to a lower place or level
• examples: He sank to his knees
5. cause to sink
• examples: The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
6. pass into a specified state or condition
• examples: He sank into nirvana
7. go under,
• examples: The raft sank and its occupants drowned
8. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
• examples: He sank into bed
• examples: She subsided into the chair