dive n. 1.潜水;【泳】跳水;【航空】俯冲,(潜艇)下潜,急降。 2.猛冲,突然隐去;【拳击】假装被击倒。 3.专心研究,探究。 4.(气温、股票价格等的)暴落。 5.〔英国〕(常指地下室中的)小饭馆;〔美口〕低级酒馆;赌窟;匪窝。 a fancy dive 【泳】花式跳水。 a nose dive 【航空】俯冲。 Rail stocks took a dive on the stock market. 铁路股票在股票市场上暴跌。 make a dive for sth. 冲过去拿(某物)。 take a dive into (the subject) 埋头(该问题)中。 vi. (dived, dove; dived;diving) 1.(头朝下)跳入水中。 2.(潜艇等)下潜,(飞机等)俯冲。 3.(飞机)俯冲,(气温、物价等)突然下降。 4.突然潜匿;(手等)插入口袋;〔俚语〕扒窃。 5.埋头研究。 6.〔美俚〕【拳击】假装被打倒。 dive for pearls 潜水取珍珠。 dive into a purse 手伸进钱袋。 dive into the bushes 潜入树丛中。 dive into (one's secret) 探察(某人秘密)。 vt. 使(潜艇等)下潜。 dive the submarine 使潜艇下潜。
Long before the modern springboard and platform , people dived off cliffs and bridges into the water below , invigorated by the adrenaline rush as they descended through the air and plunged into the water below 在现代跳板和跳台发明之前的很长一段时间里,人们都是从悬崖或桥上跳入水中,在从空中下降直至入水的过程中,迅速分泌的肾上腺素使得人们产生了兴奋和快乐的感觉。
Johnson said the diver may have been protected by the thickness of his navy - issue divesuit , and was alert and " talked non stop " when rescued . the alarm was raised sunday when hewitt , the older brother of a former all black rugby player , failed to surface from a dive off mana island , north of wellington on the country ' s north island 据警方透露,休伊特所穿的海军专用的潜水服显得比较厚,这或许在一定程度上对其身体起到了保护作用,同时他在获救的整个过程中始终显得思维敏捷并且不停地与人交谈。