plunge

n. 投入；跳进

vi. 突然地下降；投入；陷入；跳进

vt. 使陷入；使投入；使插入

中文词源

plunge 插入，猛倾，暴跌，前冲，跳水

来自古法语plongier,浸入，沉入，跳水，来自拉丁语plumbum,铅，铅球，词源同plumb.其原义为用铅垂线测水深，引申词义前冲，跳水，比喻义猛倾，暴跌，比较plummet.

plunge: plunge: see plumb
plunge (v.): late 14c., "to put or thrust violently into," also intransitive, from Old French plongier "plunge, sink into; plunge into, dive in" (mid-12c., Modern French plonger), from Vulgar Latin *plumbicare "to heave the lead," from Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)). Original notion perhaps is of a sounding lead or a fishing net weighted with lead. Related: Plunged; plunging. Plunging neckline attested from 1949.
plunge (n.): c. 1400, "deep pool," from plunge (v.). From late 15c. as "a sudden pitch forward;" meaning "act of plunging" is from 1711. Figurative use in take the plunge "commit oneself" is from 1845, from earlier noun sense of "point of being in trouble or danger" (1530s).

1. 谐音“扑浪急、扑浪季”---扑浪、跳水的好季节。2. plumb => plunge: 该词原先的含义是测试水深的铅锤或者用铅锤将渔网拉入水中。

2. Local residents saw it plunge towards Earth with a deafening roar.: 当地的居民看见它伴着一声震耳欲聋的巨响撞向地面。

3. He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water.: 他做好了准备要跳进冰冷的脏水里。

4. This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions.: 这次大跌出现在相对良好的经济环境下。

5. The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.: 他们说，现在整个国家会不可避免地一头陷入衰退中。