nose-dive
俯冲式,俯冲,俯卧撑,俯冲式的
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Definitions
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Also nose dive .
- : a plunge of an aircraft with the forward part pointing downward.
- : a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline: a time when market values were in a nosedive.
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nose·dived or nose·dove, nose·dived, nose·div·ing.Also nose-dive .
- : to go into a nosedive: a warning that prices might nosedive.
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Examples
I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.
They should have pointed the nose of the Airbus down and applied more power.
Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.
A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
The struggle continues and Chan is punched, suffering a broken nose.
His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
Sympathising with its desires, Benjy changed his posture, and managed just to touch the nose of his enemy.
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.