plummet

英 [ˈplʌmɪt]

美 [ˈplʌmɪt]

v.  暴跌; 速降

第三人称单数：plummets　过去式：plummetted　现在分词：plummeting　过去分词：plummeted　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20271 / COCA.7681

牛津词典

verb

• 暴跌；速降
  to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position
  1. Share prices plummeted to an all-time low.
     股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
  2. Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.
     一想到又要见到他，她的心情便直往下沉。
  3. The jet plummeted into a row of houses.
     那架喷气式飞机一头栽进一排房子里。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （数量、比率或价格）骤然下跌，暴跌
  If an amount, rate, or priceplummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.
  1. In Tokyo share prices have plummeted for the sixth successive day...
     东京股价已连续第6天猛跌。
  2. The Prime Minister's popularity has plummeted to an all-time low in recent weeks...
     首相的支持率在近几个星期已骤跌至前所未有的低点。
  3. The shares have plummeted from 130p to 2.25p in the past year.
     在过去的一年里，股票已从130便士暴跌到2.25便士。
• VERB （通常指从高处）快速落下，陡直掉下
  If someone or somethingplummets, they fall very fast towards the ground, usually from a great height.
  1. The jet burst into flames and plummeted to the ground...
     这架喷气式飞机突然着火，急速坠地。
  2. The car went out of control on a bend and plummeted down an embankment.
     车子在弯道处失去控制，一头扎下堤岸。

英英释义

noun

• the metal bob of a plumb line
  Synonym:plumb bobplumb

verb

• drop sharply
  1. The stock market plummeted
  Synonym:plump

双语例句

• Because oil prices plummet, producers from the Middle East to South America brace for an uncertain future.
  油价直落，从中东到南美的石油生产国都为不确定的未来做防备。
• Stocks that plummet to half their value aren't losers, they're 'non-performers'.
  股票价格跌了一半的人不是失败者，而是表现不佳。
• Everyone expects Broadway's box office to plummet in September. But going into October and November, receipts are supposed to pick up.
  大家都预料到9月百老汇的票房会大幅下跌。但到了10月和11月，预期票房收入会有所回升。
• After menopause, when estrogen levels plummet, some women become forgetful.
  绝经期后，当雌激素水平骤然下降，一些女性开始变得健忘。
• Drug prices to plummet as patents expire.
  专利到期药价将骤降。
• And our economy would plummet into the abyss of national economic ruin.
  而我们的经济就会陷入全面崩溃的深渊。
• And with an astonishing discovery made earlier this year, the cost of superconducting cable might soon plummet further.
  由于今年早些时候的一项惊人发现，超导电缆的成本可能很快还会大幅下降。
• That means stocks would have to plummet 43% before we are back in Buffett buy territory.
  这意味着美国股市要暴跌43%才会到达巴菲特建议买进的水平。
• He said that yields on 10-year Treasury bonds would plummet.
  他认为，十年期国债的收益率将大幅下跌。
• Mengniu and Yili have seen their shares plummet since the incident broke.
  自事件发生以来，蒙牛和伊利的股票大幅下跌。