dive /daɪv/ CET4 TEM4 ( diving, dove, dived, dives )

• 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. (鸟等动物) 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 Jim's 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. (股票、利润、数字等) 突然暴跌 [journalism]

  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. (股票、利润、数字等) 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 [非正式]

  例：

  We've 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。