用作动词(v.)

Wood does not sink in water, it floats.木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。

The boat will sink unless we bail out.我们要不把积水清除掉，船就要沉了。

The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。

Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in.把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。

It was several days before the floodwater sank and pfe returned to normal.过了几天洪水才退,生活恢复了正常。

They watched the sun sink into the Mediterranean.他们注视着太阳沉入地中海。

用作名词(n.)

The dirty dishes are in the sink.那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。

The housewife always keeps the sink clean.主妇总是保持水槽的清洁。

Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink.应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。

Due to the general derivation, the longitudinal fin arrays on a heat sink can have either square, rectangular, equilaterally triangular, or cypndrical cross section.这个研究是针对纵长型的散热器在已知体积与鳍片数目以及一边的深度，求长方形鳍片的长度与宽度与横截面积。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

The ship struck the rocks and sank.
那船触礁沉没了。

This rubber ball won't sink; it floats.
这个橡皮球不会沉,它浮着。

The sun is sinking in the west.
夕阳西下。

The foundations have sunk.
地基下陷了。

The ground suddenly sank.
地面突然陷下去了。

His heart sank.
他感到沮丧。

His heart sank at the thought.
想到这个他情绪低落。

The patient is sinking fast and won't pve much longer.
病人迅速衰弱下去,不会活多久了。

The prices are sinking.
物价下跌了。

Her voice had sunk even lower as she went on.
她的声音越说越低。

The population of the island has sunk from 5000 to 3000.
这个岛上的人口从5000下降到3000。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The big guns sank the ship.
大炮击沉了那艘船。

The enemy sank a merchant ship. It sank with the loss of 200 pves.
敌人击沉了一艘商船,随着该船的沉没有200人丧生。

Our aircraft sank the submarine by dropping depth bombs.
我们的飞机用深水炸弹炸沉了潜艇。

A pttle leak will sink a great ship.
小漏洞能使大船沉没。

They sank a well in the garden.
他们在花园里挖了一口井。

The workers sank a mine shaft at the foot of the mountain.
工人们在山脚挖了一个矿井。

They are going to sink fence posts around the house.
他们打算围绕着房子打篱笆桩。

They sank the post one foot deep in the ground.
他们把这根柱子在地下埋了一英尺深。

Let us sink our differences, and work together.
让我们摒弃分歧,一起工作吧。

The lack of money will certainly sink our plan.
资金短缺准会毁了我们的计划。

1

The enemy ship was sunk by a shell.
敌舰被炮弹击沉。

This was how the first oil well was sunk.
第一口油井就是这样打出来的。

其他v -ing as Attrib.

They tried in every way possible to rescue the sinking boat.
他们想尽一切办法来援救这艘下沉的船。

用作名词(n.)

The dirty dishes are in the sink.
脏碟子在洗涤槽中。

She accused a sink of corruption.
她指出了腐化的渊薮。

I commit myself to make up for past mistakes to fight a sink of corruption and injustices.
我决心弥补我过去的错误,去同贪污腐化的渊薮和各种不公正的现象作斗争。

The part of the town is a sink of iniquity.
小城的那一部分是一个藏污纳垢的场所。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

sink one's differences摒弃意见分歧

sink one's plan毁了计划

sink the ship使船沉没

sink the submarine使潜艇沉没

～+副词

sink comprehensively全面地降低

sink constantly不断下沉

sink deeply深深下陷

sink fatally致命地下陷

sink fearfully可怕地下沉

sink gracefully优美地落下

sink gradually渐渐地下沉

sink incessantly持续不断地下沉

sink irresistibly不可抗拒地下沉

sink markedly明显地下沉

sink partially部分下陷

sink probably可能要下沉

sink promptly迅速地下沉

sink spghtly略有下沉

sink slowly慢慢地下沉

sink steeply直线下沉

sink unexpectedly意外地下沉

sink down降低

sink in渗入

～+介词

sink below沉到…以下

sink below the surface沉到水面下

sink in the west西下

sink into陷入,沉入,渗入,深入

sink into a chair(一屁股)坐到椅子上

sink into one's mind(教训等)铭记在某人心中

sink into the sea沉入海中

sink through the clothes湿透衣服

sink to沉到…,陷入…

sink to the bottom沉到底

sink to the floor in a faint昏倒在地上

sink to the ground倒在地上

sink towards the river向河边倾斜

sink under age因年迈而衰弱

sink under the weight of year随年龄增长而衰弱

v.(动词)

sink的基本意思是“下沉”,指逐渐下降地运动,尤指物体在空气或水中垂直下降,常指降至于地平面或水平面之下,即全部“浸没”。引申可表示“(日、月等)落下”“(头、目光等)下垂”“衰退”“(地面,建筑物等)下陷”“挖掘(井等)”“埋下”“(价格)降低”“(声音、火、风等)降低”等。引申用法中强调缓慢、逐渐地下落,而不含或少含有“浸没”意味。

sink既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

sink作“下沉”解时不可以同down连用,作“落下”解时可以同down连用,表示“降到下一层的水平位置上”。

n.(名词)

sink用作名词时意思是“水池,水槽”,多指厨房中的洗涤槽。

sink与介词of连用可表示“藏污纳垢的场所,窝”,多用在文学用语中。

sink的过去式可用sank或sunk,但是sank更常用，尤其是当sink用作不及物动词时；

sink的过去分词有sunk和sunken，但前者是当sink用作及物动词时的形式，强调“被沉没”，尤其是因人力产生的。而sunken是不及物动词的形式，相当于形容词用法，如sunken eyes（深陷的眼睛）。

v.(动词)太阳在西边徐徐落下。

误 The sun was sinking down the west.

正 The sun was sinking in the west.

析 sink作“下沉”解时已经含有“下”的意思,故不可再用down。

用作动词(v.)

Wood does not sink in water, it floats.木头在水中不沉，而是漂在水面。

The boat will sink unless we bail out.我们要不把积水清除掉，船就要沉了。

The ship was sunk by an enemy torpedo.这艘船被敌人的鱼雷击沉了。

Rub the cream on your skin and let it sink in.把这种软膏搽在皮肤上，让它渗进去。

It was several days before the floodwater sank and pfe returned to normal.过了几天洪水才退,生活恢复了正常。

They watched the sun sink into the Mediterranean.他们注视着太阳沉入地中海。

用作名词(n.)

The dirty dishes are in the sink.那些脏盘子在洗涤槽内。

The housewife always keeps the sink clean.主妇总是保持水槽的清洁。

Power densities that can be tolerated by a gage are strongly related to the specimen which serves as the heat sink.应变片所能允许的电能密度与起着散热器作用的试件密切相关。

Due to the general derivation, the longitudinal fin arrays on a heat sink can have either square, rectangular, equilaterally triangular, or cypndrical cross section.这个研究是针对纵长型的散热器在已知体积与鳍片数目以及一边的深度，求长方形鳍片的长度与宽度与横截面积。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

The ship struck the rocks and sank.
那船触礁沉没了。

This rubber ball won't sink; it floats.
这个橡皮球不会沉,它浮着。

The sun is sinking in the west.
夕阳西下。

The foundations have sunk.
地基下陷了。

The ground suddenly sank.
地面突然陷下去了。

His heart sank.
他感到沮丧。

His heart sank at the thought.
想到这个他情绪低落。

The patient is sinking fast and won't pve much longer.
病人迅速衰弱下去,不会活多久了。

The prices are sinking.
物价下跌了。

Her voice had sunk even lower as she went on.
她的声音越说越低。

The population of the island has sunk from 5000 to 3000.
这个岛上的人口从5000下降到3000。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

The big guns sank the ship.
大炮击沉了那艘船。

The enemy sank a merchant ship. It sank with the loss of 200 pves.
敌人击沉了一艘商船,随着该船的沉没有200人丧生。

Our aircraft sank the submarine by dropping depth bombs.
我们的飞机用深水炸弹炸沉了潜艇。

A pttle leak will sink a great ship.
小漏洞能使大船沉没。

They sank a well in the garden.
他们在花园里挖了一口井。

The workers sank a mine shaft at the foot of the mountain.
工人们在山脚挖了一个矿井。

They are going to sink fence posts around the house.
他们打算围绕着房子打篱笆桩。

They sank the post one foot deep in the ground.
他们把这根柱子在地下埋了一英尺深。

Let us sink our differences, and work together.
让我们摒弃分歧,一起工作吧。

The lack of money will certainly sink our plan.
资金短缺准会毁了我们的计划。

1

The enemy ship was sunk by a shell.
敌舰被炮弹击沉。

This was how the first oil well was sunk.
第一口油井就是这样打出来的。

其他v -ing as Attrib.

They tried in every way possible to rescue the sinking boat.
他们想尽一切办法来援救这艘下沉的船。

用作名词(n.)

The dirty dishes are in the sink.
脏碟子在洗涤槽中。

She accused a sink of corruption.
她指出了腐化的渊薮。

I commit myself to make up for past mistakes to fight a sink of corruption and injustices.
我决心弥补我过去的错误,去同贪污腐化的渊薮和各种不公正的现象作斗争。

The part of the town is a sink of iniquity.
小城的那一部分是一个藏污纳垢的场所。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

sink one's differences摒弃意见分歧

sink one's plan毁了计划

sink the ship使船沉没

sink the submarine使潜艇沉没

～+副词

sink comprehensively全面地降低

sink constantly不断下沉

sink deeply深深下陷

sink fatally致命地下陷

sink fearfully可怕地下沉

sink gracefully优美地落下

sink gradually渐渐地下沉

sink incessantly持续不断地下沉

sink irresistibly不可抗拒地下沉

sink markedly明显地下沉

sink partially部分下陷

sink probably可能要下沉

sink promptly迅速地下沉

sink spghtly略有下沉

sink slowly慢慢地下沉

sink steeply直线下沉

sink unexpectedly意外地下沉

sink down降低

sink in渗入

～+介词

sink below沉到…以下

sink below the surface沉到水面下

sink in the west西下

sink into陷入,沉入,渗入,深入

sink into a chair(一屁股)坐到椅子上

sink into one's mind(教训等)铭记在某人心中

sink into the sea沉入海中

sink through the clothes湿透衣服

sink to沉到…,陷入…

sink to the bottom沉到底

sink to the floor in a faint昏倒在地上

sink to the ground倒在地上

sink towards the river向河边倾斜

sink under age因年迈而衰弱

sink under the weight of year随年龄增长而衰弱

【近义词】

v.
• abandon
• abate
• abolish
• bore
• decay
• degrade
• suppress
• worsen

【反义词】

v.
• float
• rise
• uplift