n. 藏垢的场所, 沟渠, 污水槽

vi. 下沉, 沉没, 下陷, 减弱, 衰退, 消沉, 堕落, 渗透

vt. 使低落, 使下沉, 陷于, 投入(资金等), 挖掘

[化] 缩孔

[医] 洗涤盆, 洗涤池; 沉; 凹(心电图)

[经] 跌落, 沉没, 丢掉

Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or
submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a
single ship. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).

2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade;
hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping;
as, to sink one's reputation.

I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior.

If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak.

Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe.

3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison.

5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]

If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you
happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take
up the goods on account. --Swift.

6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
--Robertson.

7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the
national debt.


Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or
({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, -- now
used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS.
sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel.
s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably
to E. silt. Cf. {Silt}.]
1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a
stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks
in the west.

I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2.

2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate.

The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii.
49.

3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely.

Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
ix. 44.

4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in
strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.

He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix.
24.

Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer.

5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
diminished in volume or in apparent height.

The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.

Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
decrease; lessen.


Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
are lost; -- called also {sink hole}. [U. S.]

4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Sink hole}.
(a) The opening to a sink drain.
(b) A cesspool.
(c) Same as {Sink}, n., 3.