American English sometimes uses the form dove, pronounced /dəʊv/, for the past tense. 美国英语中过去式有时用 dove,读作 /dəʊv/。
- VERB 跳水
If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.
- He tried to escape by diving into a river...
他企图跳入河中逃跑。 - She was standing by a pool, about to dive in...
她站在水池旁边,正要往里跳。 - Joanne had just learnt to dive.
乔安妮刚学会跳水。 - Dive is also a noun.
- Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
帕特早先曾从80英尺高的峡谷大桥上俯冲跳下。
- VERB 潜水
If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.
- Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
贝扎尼奇正在潜水采集海洋生物。 - Dive is also a noun.
- This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.
这是我在撒丁岛附近的沉船残骸处潜水时所见的景象。
- VERB (鸟或动物)俯冲,急速下扑(或下潜)
When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water.
- ...a pelican which had just dived for a fish...
刚刚潜入水中捕鱼的鹈鹕 - The shark dived down and swam under the boat.
鲨鱼急速潜入水中,在船下游动。
- VERB (飞机)俯冲
If an aeroplane dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly.
- He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.
他因驾驶的单翼飞机失速坠地而丧生。 - Dive is also a noun.
- Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field.
目击者说飞机未能从俯冲状态下重新拉起,坠毁在了田间。
- VERB 冲向;跃向;扑向
If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.
- They dived into a taxi...
他们迅速钻进一辆出租车。 - The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire...
出纳员在持枪歹徒开枪时冲向藏身处。 - He would dive under one obstacle, round another, and lightly step over a third.
他会从一个障碍的下面冲过去,绕过另一个,再轻轻地跨过第三个。 - Dive is also a noun.
- He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up.
他突然扑过去抱吉姆叔叔的腿,想把他撂倒。
- VERB 迅速将手伸入(包或容器中)
If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out.
- She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper.
她立即将手伸入包中拿出一张折好的纸。
- VERB (股价、利润或数字)暴跌,骤降
If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount.
- If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive...
如果我们降低利率,英镑就会大幅贬值。 - Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m...
利润从770万英镑暴跌至710万英镑。 - The shares dived 22p to 338p.
股票暴跌22便士,收于338便士。 - Dive is also a noun.
- Stock prices took a dive.
股价暴跌。
- N-COUNT 下等酒吧;低级夜总会
If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable.
- We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool.
我们在利物浦所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会演出过。