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1. Oxford Dictionary

   plunge

   • IPA[plʌn(d)ʒ]

   英式

   • v.
     jump or dive quickly and energetically；fall suddenly and uncontrollably
   • n.
     an act of jumping or diving into water；a swift and drastic fall in value or amount

   • verb: plunge, 3rd person present: plunges, gerund or present participle: plunging, past tense: plunged, past participle: plunged

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. jump or dive quickly and energetically our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea 同義詞 jump, dive, hurl oneself, throw oneself, fling oneself, ... 更多launch oneself, catapult oneself, cast oneself, pitch oneself
   • ▪ fall suddenly and uncontrollably a car swerved to avoid a bus and plunged into a ravine 同義詞 crash, plummet, pitch, drop, fall, ... 更多fall headlong, tumble, nosedive, take a nosedive, crash-dive, descend
   • ▪ embark impetuously on a speech or course of action he came to a decision, and plunged on before he had time to reconsider it
   • ▪ suffer a rapid decrease in value shares in the company plunged 18p on news that profits had fallen 同義詞 fall steeply/sharply, plummet, drop rapidly, go down, tumble, ... 更多sink, slump, fall off a cliff, informalcrash, nosedive, take a nosedive
   • ▪ (of a ship) pitch the ship plunged through the 20-foot seas 同義詞 lurch, pitch, roll, reel, toss about, ... 更多keel, list, wallow, labour, flounder, make heavy weather, pitchpole
   • ▪ (of a horse) rear violently the frightened horse plunged and bolted
   • 2. push or thrust quickly he plunged his hands into his pockets 同義詞 thrust, stick, ram, drive, jab, ... 更多stab, push, shove, force, sink
   • ▪ quickly immerse in liquid to peel fruit, cover with boiling water and then plunge them into iced water 同義詞 immerse, submerge, sink, dip, dunk, ... 更多douse, duck
   • ▪ suddenly bring into a specified condition or state for a moment the scene was illuminated, then it was plunged back into darkness 同義詞 throw, cast, pitch
   • ▪ sink (a pot containing a plant) in the ground pot up and plunge spring-flowering bulbs

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of jumping or diving into water fanatics went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge 同義詞 jump, dive, nosedive, fall, pitch, ... 更多drop, plummet, descent, tumble, archaicplump
   • ▪ a swift and drastic fall in value or amount the central bank declared a 76% plunge in its profits 同義詞 fall, drop, tumble, slump, informalnosedive, ... 更多crash

   plunge pool

   • n.
     a deep basin excavated at the foot of a waterfall by the action of the falling water.

   Oxford Dictionary

   plunge pool

   • n.
     a deep basin excavated at the foot of a waterfall by the action of the falling water.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   plunge saw

   • n.
     an electric saw with a projecting blade that can make precision cuts by plunging into dense ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   take the plunge

   • ph.
     commit oneself to a course of action about which one is nervous

   Oxford Dictionary

   take the plunge

   • ph.
     commit oneself to a course of action about which one is nervous

   Oxford American Dictionary

   片語

   • take the plunge
3. • 更多解釋

   plunge

   • IPA[plənj]

   美式

   • v.
     jump or dive quickly and energetically: our daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea
   • n.
     an act of jumping or diving into water: we went straight from the sauna to take a cold plunge

   Oxford American Dictionary