单词详解 | sinker

sinker
音标
美音:/ˈsɪŋkər/,英音:/ˈsɪŋkə(r)/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
This means 80 percent have swallowed a flagrant lie — hook, line and sinker.
这意味着 80% 的人已经接受了一个明目张胆的谎言——钩子、线和坠子。
Washington Post

“He was not as sharp. He didn’t really have the sinker working. It was disjointed,” Maddon said.
“他没有那么敏锐。他并没有真正让沉降片发挥作用。它脱节了,”马登说。
Washington Times

My husband was so concerned for his aunt’s feelings, I called her up to tell her I might make mention of her sinkers in the town square.
我丈夫非常关心他阿姨的感受,我打电话给她,告诉她我可能会提到她在镇广场上的坠子。
Washington Post

基本释意
noun
a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
n. 铅锤;铅坠;[矿业]凿井工;下沉的人

同义词
donut,doughnut

短释义

长释义

文学例句
“I fell for them hook, line and sinker.”
“我爱上了他们的鱼钩、钓线和坠子。”
How we met: ‘I was checking out the men in the theatre. He looked lovely’ by Lizzie Cernik

They waited out the sinker and looked for sliders to drive.
他们等待沉降片并寻找滑块来驱动。
Can a return to throwing his changeup help Diego Castillo against left-handed hitters? by Ryan Divish

Many buoys, which serve as safe-navigation markers, are held in place with almost 500 feet of chain anchored to a five-ton metal sinker on the seabed below, he explained.
他解释说,许多用作安全航行标记的浮标都固定在适当的位置,将近 500 英尺的链条锚定在下方海床上的一个 5 吨重的金属坠子上。
In Scotland, a ferry-borne exploration of the Inner Hebrides by ???

词源
sinker (n.)”that which sinks or causes to sink,” agent noun from sink (v.). It is attested by 1520s as “one who engraves figures or designs, die=cutter;” by 1708 as “one who digs a well or pit.” In fishing, “weight attached to the line to make it sink in the water,” by 1838. By 1870 in American English as a type of doughnut. Baseball sense of “a pitch or hit that seems to drop markedly” is by 1932.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
sinker (n.)“下沉或导致下沉的东西”,来自 sink (v.) 的代理名词。 1520 年代证明它是“雕刻人物或设计的人,模切机;”到 1708 年被称为“挖井或挖坑的人”。在钓鱼中,到 1838 年,“将重物附加到线上以使其沉入水中”。到 1870 年,在美国英语中作为甜甜圈的一种。到 1932 年,棒球才意识到“投球或击球明显下降”。相关条目及更多


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