sink
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 藏垢的场所，沟渠，污水槽
- vi.
- 下沉，沉没，下陷，减弱，衰退，消沉，堕落，渗透
- vt.
- 使低落，使下沉，陷于，投入(资金等)，挖掘
演变路径（由近及远）
原始词根
原始印欧语 *sengʷ-
词源说明
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- (transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
名词 Noun
- A basin