nose-dive

['nəuz,daiv]
  • vi. [金融] 暴跌;垂直降落
  • n. [金融] 暴跌;俯冲

英文词源


nose-dive (n.)
"sudden large decrease," 1920, from airplane sense, first attested 1912, from nose (n.) + dive (n.). As a verb from 1915.

双语例句


1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。

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2. He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.
他和史密斯打了一架,把后者的鼻子打出了血。

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3. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
她皱皱鼻子,为他毫无热情而感到不快。

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4. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
如果你规规矩矩,就可以一辈子都捧着这个饭碗。

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5. She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
为改变鼻子的形状,她甚至接受了整形手术。

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