vi.

1. （船等）下沉；（日，月）落，沒
   The sun was sinking in the west.

   夕陽西下。

   The ship sank.

   船沉了。

2. （面頰等）下陷[（+in）]
3. （水面）低落，（地面）陷落
   His feet sank in the mud.

   他的腳陷進爛泥中。

4. （疲倦地）坐下，倒下；（頭，肩等）筋疲力盡地垂下[（+to/into/on）]
   She was stunned and sank to the ground.

   她被擊昏倒在地上。

   She fainted and sank to the ground.

   她昏倒在地上。

   He sank back into the chair.

   他筋疲力盡地倒在椅子上。

5. （聲音，風，價格等）降低；減弱；（在視野中）消失[（+to）]
   The wind has sunk down.

   風已減弱了。

   The flames sank down at last.

   火勢終於減弱了。

6. 墮落；衰微；衰弱；消沉[（+into）]
   The old man is sinking fast and won't live much longer.

   老人的健康急速衰退，活不長久了。

7. 滲透；深入；沉入[（+in/into）]
   The rain sank into the dry soil.

   雨水滲入乾涸的土壤。

vt.

1. 使下沉；使陷入；把……插入
   The submarine sank two ships.

   潛艇擊沉了兩艘船。

2. 使下垂
3. 挖掘；刻，雕
   The oil workers are sinking a well.

   石油工人正在打油井。

4. 降低（聲音，名譽等）
5. 投資於……[（+in/into）]
   He's sunk a large sum of money into buying a new house.

   他把一大筆錢投在買一幢新房子上面。

6. 抑制（激情等）；隱匿（證據等）；摒除（分歧等）
   They sank their differences and joined hands in the business.

   他們消除了分歧，攜手共進。

7. 搞垮，使完蛋

n.[C]

1. 洗滌槽，水槽
   The housewife always keeps the sink clean.

   主婦總是保持水槽的清潔。

2. 洗臉槽
3. 陰溝；汙水坑
4. 藏汙納垢的場所
5. 【地】落水洞，滲坑
6. 【俚】海洋

v.

1. go down below the surface of liquid; become submerged.
   ▸(with reference to a ship) go or cause to go to the bottom of the sea.
2. fail and not be seen or heard of again.
   ▸cause to fail.
   ▸conceal or ignore:

   they agreed to sink their differences.
3. drop downwards.
   ▸lower oneself or drop down gently.
   ▸gradually decrease or decline in amount or intensity.
   ▸lapse or fall into a particular state or condition.
4. (sink in) (of words or facts) become fully understood.
5. pocket (a ball) in snooker or billiards.
   ▸Golf  hit the ball into the hole with (a putt or other shot).
6. insert beneath a surface.
   ▸ (sink something into) cause something sharp to penetrate (a surface).
   ▸excavate (a well) or bore (a shaft) vertically downwards.
7. (sink something in/into) put money or energy into.
8. Brit. informal rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink).

n.

1. a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.
2. a pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.
   ▸technical a body or process which absorbs or removes energy or a particular component from a system. The opposite of source.
3. short for sinkhole.
4. [as modifier] Brit. denoting a school or housing estate situated in a socially deprived area.