plunge
纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下
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plunged, plung·ing.
- : to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- : to bring suddenly or forcibly into some condition, situation, etc.: to plunge a country into war; to pull a switch and plunge a house into darkness.
- : Horticulture. to place up to its rim in soil or in certain other materials, as sand or moss.
- : Surveying. to transit.
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plunged, plung·ing.
- : to cast oneself, or fall as if cast, into water, a hole, etc.
- : to rush or dash with headlong haste: to plunge through a crowd.
- : to bet or speculate recklessly: to plunge on the stock market.
- : to throw oneself impetuously or abruptly into some condition, situation, matter, etc.: to plunge into debt.
- : to descend abruptly or precipitously, as a cliff, road, etc.
- : to pitch violently forward, as a horse, ship, etc.
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- : act of plunging.
- : a leap or dive, as into water.
- : a headlong or impetuous rush or dash: a plunge into danger.
- : a sudden, violent pitching movement.
- : a place for plunging or diving, as a swimming pool.
- : Geology. pitch.
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Examples
We got our feet wet, literally, with Hike Maui and guide Gail Rice, who led us through gushing streambeds and ultimately to a plunge into a waterfall-fed pool.
That’s why diamonds form after carbon takes a plunge inside Earth.
The rapid plunge has triggered all kinds of warnings about how low it could go.
We already saw air pollution plunge in San Diego when stay-at-home orders were fresh and feared.
Indeed, after a record-fast plunge into a bear market in March, stocks have managed to completely recover and are currently trading around all-time highs, up 14% for the year at Tuesday’s close.
Cocker, for his part, worked briefly as an apprentice gasfitter but decided to take the plunge into the world of commercial music.
And nobody expected oil prices to plunge so quickly, either.
So, with good ideas in the air, we plunge into one of the knottier sections of the story.
The vote on Sunday could take Ukraine toward a modern functioning democracy or plunge it back into a cesspool of corruption.
Stewart took the plunge in response to Matt Lauer's televised Today Show challenge.
Terror drives you on; fate coerces you; you can't help yourself, and my delight is to make the plunge terrible.
We met like hostile bulls, and wonder not that we should plunge at once upon each other's horns!
To elucidate this it is necessary to plunge into the jungle of pure economic theory.
But the sailors plunge into the very fire itself; entering the houses, they strive to rescue the contents until the roofs fall in.
At last the vessel gave a plunge and roll which seemed to many of those on board as though it must certainly be her last.