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To sink, bend, or droop downward, usually because something is heavy, old, or weak — a bed sags in the middle, an old fence sags. It's also used for the body as people get older (skin can sag), and for things that or drop off, like sales, energy, or spirits — 'morale sagged after the loss.'
下垂、下陷;(業績、士氣等)下滑
原始詞典資料19 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。
sagnoun詞源 1/sæɡ/
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The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
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The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
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The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
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A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
- a mass of igneous rock […] shown as a semicircular area of shonkinite exposed in the west wall of the sag. From the valley below, it appears as a dark cliff, perhaps 100 feet in height and a few hundred yards long.
- Gunsight Peak north of the sag marks the southern end of the Malad Range that extends into Idaho. Complexly faulted Cambrian and Ordovician shelf sedimentary rocks are present[…]
sagverb詞源 1/sæɡ/
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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
- The floor of a room sags.
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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- A building may sag one way or another.
- The door sags on its hinges.
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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
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To fail to sustain interest; to be boring.
- The movie really sags after the chase scene.
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To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
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To cause to bend or give way; to load.
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informalSenses relating to clothing
- He sags his pants real low.
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informalSenses relating to clothing
- His pants were sagging low.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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informalSenses relating to clothing
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。