plummet
plummet 英 [ˈplʌmɪt] 美 [ˈplʌmɪt]
n. [测] 铅锤，坠子 vi. 垂直落下；（价格、水平等）骤然下跌
进行时:plummeting 过去式:plummetted 过去分词:plummeted 第三人称单数:plummets 名词复数:plummets
- The verb plummet means "to drop sharply," like eagles that plummet toward earth, seeking prey, or school attendance that plummets when there is a flu outbreak.
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- n. [测] 铅锤，坠子
- vi. 垂直落下；（价格、水平等）骤然下跌
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1. Several companies sought to raise cash by selling their carbon certificates, causing the price of carbon to plummet.
几家公司已经试图通过出售其许可证筹集现金，这造成了碳价格的骤然下降。
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2. Causing their value to plummet by selling them off in some future dispute with the U.S. would only inflict significant losses on China itself.
如果在未来中美争端中，中国为了达到美元大量贬值而利用抛售这样的手段，那么会对中国造成严重的损失。
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3. This time, we will not plummet down and then bounce back comfortably to where we were before it all started.
这一次，我们将不会直线下降继而舒服地弹回原地，这回的萧条会有不同寻常的深远影响。
- plummet (n.) late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from Old French plomet "graphite, lead; plummet, sounding lead," diminutive of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb (n.)).
- plummet (v.) 1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted; plummeting.
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