verb [vt. 及物动词] 下沉，沉没；使失败，受挫；下降，下陷；倒下，坐下；衰退，恶化；渗透，渐渐陷入；减少，降低；（声音）变低，变小；堕落，沉沦；挖掘；插入，打入；投进，滚进；投资；<英，非正式>喝（酒）
If a boat sinks or if someone or something sinks it, it disappears below the surface of a mass of water. 使沉没; 下沉
adjective [原级] <英>贫困的，贫民窟的
He paused to allow his words to sink in. 他停了一下，好让人充分领会他的意思。
noun [具体名词] 水槽，水池；洼地，渗坑；<英，喻>位于社会贫困地区的学校或房产；<喻>藏垢的场所；<技>汇，壑
• The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks. 卫生间里装有2个便池，2个淋浴器和2个洗脸盆。
| 过去式 | 过去分词 | 现在分词 |
|---|---|---|
| sank | sunk | sinking |
- sink 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 12 Life on a desert island
墨水(ink)滴入池(sink)中， 染黑一池水
- 网友用 “Sink” 造句精选
- ...the site where Stephenson sank his first mineshaft. …斯蒂芬森挖第一口矿井时的旧址。
- The boat was beginning to sink fast. 那艘船开始迅速下沉。
- The boat will sink unless we bail out. 我们若不排水，船就要沉。
- Pay increases have sunk to around seven percent. 工资增长已下降到7％左右。
- The bathroom is furnished with 2 toilets, 2 showers, and 2 sinks. 卫生间里装有2个便池，2个淋浴器和2个洗脸盆。
- He has already sunk $25 million into the project. 他已经在这个项目投入了2500万美元。
- Far off to the west the sun was sinking. 远远的，太阳在西边落下。
- My heart sank because I thought he was going to dump me for another girl. 我的心情沮丧，因为我认为他要把我甩了，去追求另一个姑娘。