nose-dive
英 ['nəʊzˌdaɪv]
美 ['noʊzˌdaɪv]
- vi. [金融] 暴跌；垂直降落
- n. [金融] 暴跌；俯冲
英语词源
- nose-dive (n.)
- "sudden large decrease," 1920, from airplane sense, first attested 1912, from nose (n.) + dive (n.). As a verb from 1915.
权威例句
- 1. Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
- 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。
- 2. He had had a fight with Smith and bloodied his nose.
- 他和史密斯打了一架，把后者的鼻子打出了血。
- 3. She wrinkled her nose, piqued by his total lack of enthusiasm.
- 她皱皱鼻子，为他毫无热情而感到不快。
- 4. If you kept your nose clean, you had a job for life.
- 如果你规规矩矩，就可以一辈子都捧着这个饭碗。
- 5. She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
- 为改变鼻子的形状，她甚至接受了整形手术。