plummets

英 [ˈplʌmɪts]

美 [ˈplʌmɪts]

v.  暴跌; 速降
plummet的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• High-calorie processed foods can certainly provide a quick boost, but the result is fleeting and inevitably followed by a low period when blood sugar plummets.
  高卡路里的食物当然能快速补充身体，但升高的能量水平却会很快消失，随之而来的是不可避免的血糖水平大幅下降。
• Database performance plummets once index tables don't fit in memory anymore, so scale up memory as far as possible to hold tables.
  一旦索引表再也无法装入内存，数据库的性能就会直线下降，所以应该尽量升级内存，以便存放那些表。
• Every winter, when the temperature plummets to new lows and everyone begins to layer up, the classic joke about pulling out Long Johns from the cedar closet inevitably starts to make the rounds.
  每个冬天，当气温骤降到新低，每个人都开始把自己层层裹紧，而且从杉木衣柜里不可避免地拽出秋裤并开始套着它四处走动的时候，经典笑话应运而生。
• The more data you have, the harder it is to read your slide and the effectiveness plummets.
  愈多的资料、读你的投影片就愈困难，效果直降。
• It's that point when our productivity plummets, when our eyes glaze over and our mind wanders.
  我们的效率也急速下降，还会变得目光呆滞、心不在焉。
• Of course, I can't help you if your performance plummets after the class drop date.
  当然，如果在退选时间过后，你的成绩急剧下滑，我就无能为力。
• The dragon plummets from the tower of red thunder and where it falls no one has seen.
  无人知晓从红雷之塔上落下的龙将坠向何方。
• If this happens, the value of the semi-precious stones plummets.
  如果发生这种情形，半宝石的价值就一落千丈。
• The electrical conductivity plummets about three orders of magnitude.
  电导率突然下降，约3个数量级。
• Result: The team batting average plummets to. 217.
  结果：该队平均打击率滑落到0.217。