sink

n. cesspool,sewer粪池，阴沟。
△H.V.3.5.58:“For I am sure,when he shall see our army,/ He'lldrop his heart into the sink of fear，” i.e.He'll loseall his courage. 我确信，他一看到我们的军队，他那颗心就会吓得掉进污水池里(意即：吓得魂不附体)。
△2H.VI.4.1.71:“Ay,kennel,puddle,sink; whose filth and dirt /Troubles the silver spring where England drinks.” 是的，你是臭沟、泥塘、粪池，从你那里流出来的污秽脏水把英格兰喝的银光粼粼的泉水给搅浑了。

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sink

vt.
1. cause to fall,make to go down 使垮台，使沉落。
△H.VIII.2.1.130: “never found again / But wherethey mean to sink ye.”再也见不到他们，除非他们想来落井下石，使你垮台(按： sink 又解作submerge，“淹没”。)
△H.VIII.3.2.382(381):“and from these shoulders,/These ruined pillars,out of pity taken / A load would(= that would) sink a navy,too much honour.”他出于怜悯，从我这双肩上，从这两根倒塌的柱子上，卸下了一副重担，那是足以压沉一支舰队的，因为我所得到的荣誉太多了。
2. make to perish,ruin,destroy使灭亡，使毁灭，摧毁。
△H.VIII.2.1.60: “And if I have a conscience. let it sink me,/ Even as the axe falls,if I be not faithful.”如果我还有良心，如果我真是不忠诚，那么在斧头落下的时候，就让良心把我毁灭了吧。
～ vi.
1. fall slowly to the ground跌倒。
△Ado.4.1.111(110):“Why,how now,cousin! wherefore sink youdown?”哎哟，怎么了，姐姐！ 你为什么倒下去了？
2. give way (as under a weight) （在重压下）沉落。
△Rom.1.4.22:“Under love's burden do I sink.”在爱情的重压之下我只得往下沉。
3. fall,perish 倒下，灭亡。
△Oth.2.3.209 (207):“’Zounds,if I stir,/ Or do but lift this arm,the best of you / Shall sink in my rebuke.”哼，我只要一动，举起这只手臂，你们当中的最强者也要在我的严惩中丧命。
4. penetrate 穿入。
△Rom.1.4.23:“And,to sink init,should you burden love一”进入爱情里去，你将使爱情身受负担。(按：sink词义双关。)

sink[siŋk]

v.沉，下落，下沉，下降，击球入穴 n.水槽
◇a sinking feeling感到要出事
be sunk in sth.陷入
sink in画面上的颜色昏暗下去
sink in the scale降级
sink into沉沦
sink like a stone急速下降
sink one’s differences同意放弃不同的意见
sink sth. into sth.使某物进入另一物中
‖ sink and rise沉浮
sink down沉落
sink in price价格下跌
sink one’s opponent压沉对方
sink serve发下坠球
sinking air下降气流
sinking balance存假余额
sinking defence紧缩防守
sinking fund偿债基金
sinking fund assets偿债基金资产
sinking fund balance sheet偿债基金（资产）负债表
sinking fund bond偿债基金债券
sinking fund cash偿债基金现金
sinking fund installment偿债基金分期付款
sinking fund investment偿债基金投资
sinking fund payment偿债基金支付
sinking fund policy偿债基金保险单
sinking fund rate偿债基金利率
sinking fund reserve偿债基金准备
sinking fund securities偿债基金证券
sinking fund surplus偿债基金盈余
sinking fund system偿债基金制
sinking fund trustee偿债基金委托人
sinking investment偿债资金投资
sinking speed下沉速率
sinking spell跌价期间
sinker n.备抵偿付债券，雕刻师