sunken

sunken /'sʌɳkən/
  • tính từ
    • bị chìm
      • a sunken ship: chiếc tàu bị chìm
    • trũng, hóp, hõm
      • a sunken graden: vườn trũng
      • sunken cheeks: má hóp
      • sunken eyes: mắt trũng xuống, mắt sâu
 bị lún
sunken block
 địa hào
sunken block
 địa hào, graben
sunken fund
 quỹ chìm
sunken road
 đường ở vùng thấp
sunken road
 đường thấp

o   bị chìm

Xem thêm: deep-set, recessed, submerged, sinkhole, swallow hole, cesspool, cesspit, sump, drop, drop down, pass, lapse, settle, go down, go under, subside, dip, slump, fall off, slump, slide down, bury



sunken

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • having a sunken area; deep-set, recessed

    hunger gave their faces a sunken look

  • under water; e.g. at the bottom of a body of water; submerged

    sunken treasure

    a sunken ship

    n.

  • plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  • (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

    the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide

  • a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof; sinkhole, swallow hole
  • a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it; cesspool, cesspit, sump

    v.

  • fall or drop to a lower place or level; drop, drop down

    He sank to his knees

  • cause to sink

    The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor

  • pass into a specified state or condition; pass, lapse

    He sank into Nirvana

  • go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"; settle, go down, go under
  • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; subside

    He sank into bed

    She subsided into the chair

  • appear to move downward; dip

    The sun dipped below the horizon

    The setting sun sank below the tree line

  • fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; slump, fall off

    The real estate market fell off

  • fall or sink heavily; slump, slide down

    He slumped onto the couch

    My spirits sank

  • embed deeply; bury

    She sank her fingers into the soft sand

    He buried his head in her lap

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: concave hollow submerged sunk