跟我背CET4核心词汇:dive

　　dive

　　1.V-I If you dive into some water, you jump in head first with your arms held straight above your head. 跳水

　　例：He tried to escape by diving into a river.

　　他企图跳入河中逃走。

　　例：She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.

　　她正站在池边，准备跳进去。

　　2.N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 跳水

　　例：Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.

　　早些时，帕特曾从卡泽姆大桥进行过80英尺高的跳水。

　　3.V-I If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. 潜水

　　例：Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.

　　贝赞尼克正在潜水采集海洋生物。

　　4.N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 潜水

　　例：This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.

　　这次亲眼所见发生在我向撒丁岛外一艘沉船潜水的期间。

　　5.V-I When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downward, head first, through the air or through water. 俯冲

　　例：...a pelican which had just dived for a fish.

　　一只刚刚下潜捕鱼的鹈鹕。

　　6.V-I If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. 跃向; 冲向

　　例：They dived into a taxi.

　　他们冲进了出租车。

　　7.N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 冲; 扑

　　例：He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jims legs to try to trip him up.

　　他猛地扑向吉姆大叔的双腿，试图绊倒他。

　　8.V-I If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. 突然暴跌

　　例：They feared the stock could dive after its first day of trading.

　　他们担心这支股票在其第一个交易日后会暴跌。

　　例：Profits have dived from $7.7m to $7.1m.

　　利润从770万美元骤跌至710万美元。

　　9.N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 骤降

　　例：Stock prices took a dive.

　　股票价格暴跌。

　　10.N-COUNT If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. 低级酒吧; 低级夜总会

　　例：Weve played in all the little clubs and dives around Philadelphia.

　　我们玩遍了费城所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　Our dive is a part of this expedition.

　　我们这次潜水活动就是属于这个远航的一部分。

　　What a beautiful dive!

　　多么优美的跳水!

　　用作不及物动词

　　He dived from the bridge and rescued the drowning child.

　　他从桥上跳入水中，救起溺水的孩子。

　　The eagle dived down on the rabbit.

　　那只鹰向兔子猛扑下来。

　　Children always dive to the bottom of a subject.

　　孩子们对问题总是追根究底的。