plummet

美音：['plʌmɪt] 英音：['plʌmɪt]

简单释义：

v.暴跌；速降

n.测锤(钓丝的)坠子；线锤；铅锤线；锤规

网络骤然跌落；垂直落下；骤降

变形：

过去分词：plummeted 现在分词：plummeting 第三人称单数：plummets

完整释义：

1.暴跌
2.测锤(钓丝的)坠子;线锤;铅锤线;锤规;重压物
3.垂球
4.掉下
5.铅垂线
6.钟摆
7.沉砣
8.定深锤
9.准绳
10.水砣

1.直线下降
2.笔直掉下;骤然跌落

例句：

Prices always plummet in a price war, often to below the point which can sustain a business.
在价格战中，价格总是一路走低。最后通常会低于企业的生存线。
As Ordos property prices edge down and transaction volumes plummet, sales reps shiver in empty, unheated offices.
随着鄂尔多斯房价小幅下跌且成交量直线下降，售楼员在空荡荡没有暖气的办公室里冷得直打哆嗦。
If global warming disrupts these currents, temperatures in these northern areas will plummet and the land might even become covered in ice.
如果全球变暖扰乱了这些水流，这些北部区域的温度会骤降，甚至会使地面结冰。
Captain Nemo continued to plummet into the dark depths of this forest, whose shrubbery grew ever more sparse.
尼摩船长继续走人森林中最幽深的地方，沿途树木渐渐稀少。
The word refers to the rapid plummet of women's reproductive hormones around age fifty.
“更年期”一词指的是五十岁左右的妇女其生殖激素快速下降。
Several recent deals have been structured to provide protection to investors should equity values plummet.
最近的一些交易都是从防止股权价值急剧下跌对投资者造成损失的角度来设计的。
If the United States does not have a cap-and-trade law in place by then, the chance of a global agreement will plummet.
如果届时美国还没颁布一个排放限制及交易的法律，那达成全球一致，解决气候变化问题的可能性也随即大减。
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。

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