plunged
past simple and past participle ofplunge
| 单词 | plunged |
| 释义 | plunged past simple and past participle ofplunge plunge verb uk/plʌndʒ/us/plʌndʒ/plungeverb(FALL)C2[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] to (causesomeone or something to)moveorfallsuddenlyand often alongwayforward, down, or into something: Werandown to thebeachand plungedintothesea. Thecarwent out ofcontroland plungedoverthecliff. Cook thepeasby plunging themintoboilingwater. Niagara Falls plunges 55.5metres. to go down onto the ground suddenly
Moving downwards
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Becoming and making smaller or less plungeverb(BECOME LOWER)C1[I] tobecomelowerinvalueorlevelverysuddenlyandquickly: Thefallindemandcausedsharepricesto plunge. Ourincomehas plungeddramatically. to decrease
Becoming and making smaller or less
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Falling and dropping Phrasal verbsplunge in/plunge intosomething plunge(someone/something)intosomething Examplesofplungedplunged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because this excessive capacity has rapidly depleted fish stocks, profitability hasplunged, reducing the value of ships on the market. From theCambridge English Corpus When deteriorating health leads to the need for round-the-clock care for frail members, busy working families are oftenplungedinto crisis. From theCambridge English Corpus Not surprisingly, the welfare economistsplungedinto the breach. From theCambridge English Corpus Iplungedinto the jungle of that great and wild language, getting thwacked by the branches of word-endings and consonant clusters right and left. From theCambridge English Corpus Over the centuries, investors haveplungedincorrigibly into exotic opportunities where distance and the lack of reliable information have appeared positive inducements. From theCambridge English Corpus As a listener, you're suddenlyplungedinto a world of memory. From theCambridge English Corpus The party's parliamentary seatsplungedeven more spectacularly from a bare majority of 151 at dissolution (of 295 seats) to just two. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, when the stock marketplunged, bank capital ratios were also severely affected. From theCambridge English Corpus The inevitable collapse of the credit boomplungedthe economy into recession. From theCambridge English Corpus The reader, in consequence, isplungedinto the history region by region, to alarming effect. From theCambridge English Corpus It could be argued, however, that without the wheat programmes introduced in 1938, prices would haveplungedto even more depressing levels. From theCambridge English Corpus With his hand gripping his cloth-patch in his pocket, heplungedthrough the hedge and into the estate grounds. From theCambridge English Corpus The culprits created conduit political banks for siphoning public resources to fund political activities, whichplungedthe country into hyperinflation. From theCambridge English Corpus The supercritical convective motion consisted of vertical jets of cool surface fluid whichplungeddownward into the interior of the fluid. From theCambridge English Corpus It increased in 1999 and then with strong marketsplungedto $6 billion in 2000. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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