单词详解 | sagged

sagged
音标
英音/ sæɡd / 美音/ sæɡd /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
By Friday, the lira had sagged again, falling to 16.30 against the dollar despite a central bank intervention to prop up the currency.
到周五,尽管央行采取干预措施支撑货币,里拉兑美元汇率再次下跌,跌至 16.30。
Washington Post

It cracked, it sagged, and it finally gave up and collapsed — much like the relationship.
它破裂了,它下垂了,它最终放弃并崩溃了——就像这段关系一样。
Washington Post

The northbound lanes of the overpass collapsed, while the southbound lanes sagged and warped, necessitating repair to both sides.
立交桥北行车道塌陷,南行车道下垂翘曲,两侧均需维修。
Washington Times

基本释意
verb
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
下垂的;凹陷的

同义词
droop,flag,swag,sag down,droop

短释义
When you’re tired, your whole body may sag, drooping with exhaustion. And older people are sometimes surprised to look in the mirror and see that their faces are beginning to sag with age. Objects sag too, with weight or age: “The porch on that old house has started to sag — the whole thing may need to be torn down.” Sag is probably related to the Old Norse sokkva, “to sink.”
当某物下垂时,它会倾斜、下沉或下垂。如果你的床中间下垂,就很难睡个好觉。

长释义
When you’re tired, your whole body may sag, drooping with exhaustion. And older people are sometimes surprised to look in the mirror and see that their faces are beginning to sag with age. Objects sag too, with weight or age: “The porch on that old house has started to sag — the whole thing may need to be torn down.” Sag is probably related to the Old Norse sokkva, “to sink.”
当你累了的时候,你的整个身体可能会下垂,疲惫不堪。老年人有时会惊讶地看着镜子,发现自己的脸随着年龄的增长而开始下垂。物体也会随着重量或年龄而下垂:“那栋老房子的门廊已经开始下垂——整个房子可能需要拆除。” Sag 可能与古挪威语 sokkva 相关,意为“下沉”。

文学例句
He sagged from the weight of the tent.
他因帐篷的重量而倒下。
Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5 by Carolyn Keene

I was so relieved to see it was our uncle that my whole body sagged.
看到是叔叔,我松了口气,全身都软了下去。
Root Magic by Eden Royce

She sat down at the kitchen table and sagged a little.
她在厨房的桌子旁坐下,身体有些下垂。
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

词源
sag (v.)late 14c., saggen, “hang down unevenly,” also in Middle English “sink, be mired, sink down,” possibly from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse sokkva “to sink,” or from Middle Low German sacken “to settle, sink” (as dregs in wine), from denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic base *senkwanan “to sink” (see sink (v.)). A general North Sea Germanic word (compare Dutch zakken, Swedish sacka, Danish sakke). Of body parts by 1560s; of clothes by 1590s. Of other objects, “to droop, especially in the middle, as from weight or pressure” is by 1777. Related: Sagged; sagging.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
sag (v.)late 14c., saggen,“不均匀地垂下”,也在中古英语中“下沉,陷入困境,下沉”,可能来自与古斯堪的纳维亚语 sokkva “下沉”相关的斯堪的纳维亚语源,或来自中低语德语 sacken “沉降、沉降”(如酒中的渣滓),源自原始日耳曼语基 *senkwanan “沉降”的脱鼻衍生词(参见沉降 (v.))。北海日耳曼语通用词(比较荷兰语 zakken、瑞典语 sacka、丹麦语 sakke)。 1560年代的身体部位;到 1590 年代的衣服。对于其他物体,“由于重量或压力而下垂,尤其是在中间”是在 1777 年。下垂。相关条目及更多


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