plummet是什么意思

双语例句

(1)House prices have plummeted because of new government policies.

因为新的政府政策，房价遭到了暴跌。

(2)The plane plummeted after the engine caught fire.

这架飞机在引擎起火后陡然落下。

(3)After the plummet in the stock market, many people started to sell stocks.

在经历了股市的骤跌后，许多人都纷纷开始抛售股票。

(4)The share prices plummeted to a record low.

股价垂直下跌至历史最低点

(5)The glamour stocks of the age saw their values plummet.

当时的魅力股的价值大大缩水。

(6)Everyone expects Broadway's box office to plummet in September.

大家都预料到9月百老汇的票房会大幅下跌。

(7)After menopause, when estrogen levels plummet, some women become forgetful.

绝经期后，当雌激素水平骤然下降，一些女性开始变得健忘。

(8)Now water tables plummet in countries harboring half the world's population.

现在世界一半人口不得不正视这样一个事实：因为过度汲取地下水，他们所在的国家的地下水位急剧下降。

(9)The new drachma would plummet, making Greece’s debt burden even more onerous.

新的希腊货币将会狂跌，使国家的债务负担变得更加沉重。

同义词

n. 铅锤，坠子

同根词

词根 plummet

(1)plumbing n. 铅工业；铅管品制造v. 探究；垂直悬挂；用铅锤测量；灌铅以增重（plumb的现在分词）

释义

v.

[no obj.]fall or drop straight down at high speed

快速落下，陡直落下

a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully.

一位登山者从３００英尺高处陡然掉到一个冰谷里给摔死了。

decrease rapidly in value or amount

（在价值或数量上）骤然下跌，陡然下降

hardware sales plummeted.

硬件销售量陡然下降。

n.

a steep and rapid fall or drop

骤跌，陡跌，骤降。

a plumb or plumb line

铅锤，测深锤；铅锤线，测深锤线。

词源

"late Middle English （as a noun）： from Old French plommet ‘small sounding lead'， diminutive of plomb ‘lead'． The current verb sense dates from the 1930s．"

(1)That's good one too, Pheebs. Now all you have to do is find a planeload of people who's resolution is to plummet to their deaths.

这个也很棒，接着你得找一群希望自己坠机身亡的人。《Friends Season 5》《老友记 第五季》