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plunging

/pluhnj/US // plʌndʒ //UK // (plʌndʒ) //

深深,深深浅浅,深深浅入,深深扎入

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v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
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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.
n.名词 noun
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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

  • Overall, there’s a sense from media buyers and agency execs that we’ve “learned to live with the virus,” noted Allen Adamson, brand consultant and co-founder of Metaforce, in the months since the initial advertising plunge in March and April.

  • Since Oregon took the plunge, Colorado, Hawaii, Utah and Washington state have followed.

  • Amanda Wang’s family businesses — a call center and two restaurants in Beijing — are grappling with a plunge in revenue following the coronavirus outbreak.

  • In some ways, it already has, particularly for those who had already been experimenting, or fully taken the plunge on TikTok prior to the coronavirus crisis.

  • Salon’s second quarter revenues are still projected to be down, year over year, because of the industry-wide plunge in ad spending this past spring.

  • The organizers certainly appeared worried about plunging into the notoriously fierce world of London fashion and media.

  • Crawford leads them in plunging back into the river whose waters fed the first civilization.

  • Perhaps his conservative political instinct will ultimately keep Murdoch from plunging fully into the yes camp.

  • Sheets of torrential rains pouring down over the Land Rover sent its four wheels plunging into the mud.

  • With the Apple Watch, it is plunging into a market where the main product is—and almost always has been—a fashion-y status symbol.

  • From this spot a large body of troops were seen rushing from the gate of the fortress, and plunging into the valley.

  • The sweat of death was already on his brow as he reeled sideways, plunging blindly across the uneven tufts of grass.

  • The darkness drew her, and she thought of climbing the hill and plunging into the depths of the larch-wood above the pasture.

  • Western gamblers are legion—a reckless, money-plunging, romantic and venturesome yet an admittedly square-shooting clan.

  • Meanwhile, Andrew Black, plunging into the woods on the opposite side of the river, was soon far beyond the reach of his foes.