sinking
n.
沉没；
v.
（使）下沉， （使）沉没( sink的现在分词 )；
变形
复数：sinkings
英英释义
sinking[ 'siŋkiŋ ]
n.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
"they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)
"after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension
"with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"
同义词：sinking feeling
词组短语
shaft sinking凿井
sinking ship正在下沉的船
die sinking刻模；开模；制阴模；加工模腔
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)
The patrol boat was ordered to stand by the sinking ship.
巡逻艇奉命留在那快要沉没的船只附近，以便进行救助。
When they didn't get back by midnight, I got that sinking feeling.
他们到半夜时还没回来，我感到心神不定。
用作名词(n.)
He could not control the sinking of his legs.
他无法控制他的腿的下沉。
权威例句
Sinking deltas due to human activitiesHigh-performance heat sinking for VLSI
Synching or Sinking: Global Software Outsourcing Relationships
Primary production, sinking fluxes and the microbial food web
Role of sinking in diatom life-history cycles: ecological, evolutionary and geological significance
Growth rates, grazing, sinking, and iron limitation of equatorial Pacific phytoplankton
Supplementary Online Materials for: Sinking deltas due to human activities
Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow and sinking phytoplankton blooms
Signaling Foreign Policy Interests Tying Hands versus Sinking Costs
Association of sinking organic matter with various types of mineral ballast in the deep sea: Implications for the rain ratio
1. She watched him go with a sinking heart.
她心情沉重地看着他走了。
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2. Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.
为了营救下沉渡轮上的旅客，各类船只都被临时征用了。
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3. But the boat is still sinking.
但是我们的船还是在不断下沉。
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4. The car was sinking fast.
汽车下沉速度很快。
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5. They shouted that the ship was sinking.
他们大喊船要沉了。
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6. Everybody knows that the boat is sinking.
每个人都知道船已沉了。
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7. Shanghai is sinking by 1.5 centimetres a year.
上海每年下沉1.5厘米。
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8. They radioed for help when the ship was sinking.
轮船沉没时他们用无线电呼救。
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9. How black was his despair when he felt himself sinking again!
当他感到自己再次下沉时，他感到多么绝望，多么黑暗啊！
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10. The breakup of the null can be ruled out as the cause of the sinking.
空值的分解可以排除为下沉的原因。
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11. The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.
救生艇被派出去营救正在下沉的船上的船员。
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12. Now, with rising sea levels caused by human activities, it's sinking faster.
现在，由于人类活动导致海平面上升，它下沉得更快。
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13. Peter had no sinking, he had one feeling only, gladness; and he gnashed his pretty teeth with joy.
彼得没有下沉，他只有一种感觉，那就是快乐。他高兴得咬牙切齿。
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14. The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable — and necessary.
对于威廉·古斯塔夫号沉没的长时间沉默可能是不可避免的，也是必要的。
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15. During some periods, the bottom layer of the world's oceans comes from cold, dense water sinking in the far North Atlantic.
在某些时期，世界海洋的底层来自遥远的北大西洋下沉的寒冷、稠密的水。
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16. Another possibility is that the sinking plate cools the neighboring mantle and produces convection currents that move the plates.
另一种可能是下沉的板块冷却了邻近的地幔，并产生对流，使板块移动。
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17. The sun was sinking in the west.
太阳西坠。
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18. Far off to the west the sun was sinking.
远远的，太阳在西边落下。
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19. He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.
他那时正陷入极度沮丧的状态。
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20. He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.
他内心深处突然有一种不祥之感。
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21. The sun was now sinking, a fiery ball of light in the west.
西边的太阳像一个发光的火球正在下沉。
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22. I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her.
我开始有一种摆脱不掉她的沮丧情绪。
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23. The sun is sinking in the west.
日落西山。
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24. Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.
尽管海平面正在上升，但太平洋群岛的希望并没有沉没。
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25. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually enjoyed doing it.
他带着一种沮丧的感觉，意识到自己其实很喜欢做这件事。
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26. Robert was fast sinking, when Henry threw off his clothes, and sprang into the water.
罗伯特正在迅速下沉，这时亨利脱下衣服，跳入水中。
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27. In this book, he includes the loss of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, and the sinking of the Titanic.
在这本书中，他提到了挑战者号和哥伦比亚号航天飞机的失事以及泰坦尼克号的沉没。
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28. The ship appeared to be sinking.
这船看来正在下沉。
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29. What does the sinking ship mean?
这艘即将沉没的船意味着什么？
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30. Hey, your ship is sinking.
嘿，你的般在下沉呀！
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