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You can picture someone at the edge of a pool throwing themselves head-and-arms-first into deep water: one fast, committed, downward that breaks the surface. Almost every other meaning of dive keeps that same shape — a steep, sudden movement downward and inward, done all at once.

可以想成一個人站在泳池邊，頭和手臂朝前、整個人一口氣往深水裡栽下去：一個又快又果斷、向下衝破水面的俯衝動作。dive…更多收起可以想成一個人站在泳池邊，頭和手臂朝前、整個人一口氣往深水裡栽下去：一個又快又果斷、向下衝破水面的俯衝動作。dive 幾乎所有其他意思都保留這個形狀——又陡又突然地往下、往裡，一下子就完成。

原始詞典資料21 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

diveverb詞源 1/daɪv/

  • 1

    To swim under water.

    • He dove in the water to save her.
  • 2

    To jump into water head-first.

    • It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
  • 3

    To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

    • to dive into home plate
  • 4

    To descend sharply or steeply.

    • [the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it dived underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the Metropolitan and the District.
  • 5

    To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.

  • 6

    To undertake with enthusiasm.

    • She dove right in and started making improvements.
  • 7

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

  • 8

    ball-gamescricketgamesTo leap while fielding to take a brilliant catch which usually results in a wicket and appreciation.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.

    • To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism
  • 10

    To explore by diving; to plunge into.

    • The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.
    • The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / […] / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He dives the hollow, climbs the steep.
  • 11

    To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

    • dive into the Concerns of all about them
    • Google says this lets AI Mode recommend more diverse sources, produce deeper answers to more complex queries, dives deeper – and you have the ability to ask follow-up questions.

divenoun詞源 1/daɪv/

  • 1

    A jump or plunge into water.

    • the dive of a hawk after prey
  • 2

    A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

    • The 24-year-old Brazilian hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira progressed to the Rio competition’s semi-finals by executing a Superman-style dive headfirst over the finishing line – beating South Africa’s Antonio Alkana by one hundredth of a second.
  • 3

    A downward swooping motion.

  • 4

    A swim under water.

  • 5

    A decline.

  • 6

    slangA seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

  • 7

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationAerial descent with the nose pointed down.

  • 8

    hobbieslifestylesportsA deliberate fall after a challenge.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。