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slunk

/sluhngk/US // slʌŋk //UK // (slʌŋk) //

沉没,沉沦,沉没的,沉没了

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense and the past participle of slink.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Williams could have slunk off into the shadows in shame, which no doubt many people at the time expected her to do.

  • With that the room filled with laughter, and the old man who mocked adult cinema slunk away.

  • By sharp contrast, the main contenders in the Labour leadership race have slunk away from the Blair memoir and its prescriptions.

  • Dubya, meanwhile, slunk out of Washington with an approval rating of 22 percent, the least popular president in 70 years.

  • After all that, most would have slunk away for a few months to recuperate on some island somewhere.

  • The dog slunk away along the road to a distance of two or three yards.

  • At this the herd slunk away slowly and the beaten elephant was seen no more.

  • The crowd slunk back, cursing and threatening under breath; but no man wished to come to an issue with his betters.

  • I slunk along another piece further, then listened again; and so on, and so on.

  • His groping had found no loose object to fling after her as she slunk out the door, and that made his temper worse.