sunk

/sʌŋk/

意味: 沈んだ

例文: The boat sunk after the storm.
　　  嵐の後、船は沈んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: ship sunk(船が沈む), sunk cost(埋没費用), sunk feeling(沈んだ気持ち)

定義: 何かが水の中に沈んでしまった状態を表します。過去形や過去分詞形として使われ、特に船や物が水中に沈んだときに使われます。また、感情や気持ちが落ち込んだ状態を表すこともあります。

sunkは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: fall or descend to a lower place or level
Verb: cause to sink
Verb: pass into a specified state or condition
Verb: go under,
Verb: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Verb: appear to move downward
Verb: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Verb: fall or sink heavily
Verb: embed deeply
Adjective: doomed to extinction

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

Verb: He sank to his knees
Verb: The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
Verb: He sank into nirvana
Verb: The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Verb: He sank into bed
Verb: She subsided into the chair
Verb: The sun dipped below the horizon
Verb: The setting sun sank below the tree line
Verb: The real estate market fell off
Verb: He slumped onto the couch
Verb: My spirits sank
Verb: She sank her fingers into the soft sand
Verb: He buried his head in her lap

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bury, dip, done for, drop, drop down, fall off, go down, go under, lapse, pass, ruined, settle, sink, slide down, slump, subside, sunk, undone, washed-up

Antonyms(反意語): float

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change posture, collapse, decline, descend, drop, implant, move

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): advance, agitate, alight, arise, avalanche, beat, blow, bow, brandish, break, buckle, bury, cascade, center, change hands, chase away, circulate, crash, dandle, decline, dip, disarrange, dislocate, displace, dive, drag, drip, drive, drop, engage, expel, exteriorize, fall, flick, flop, fluctuate, funnel, glide, herd, hit, hunch, hustle, implode, jar, lateralize, launch, lie down, lift, lower, mobilize, nest, overturn, pitch, play, plop, pot, pounce, pour, precipitate, press down, prolapse, propel, pull, pulse, pump, push, put, race, raise, rake, rappel, relocate, right, rock, roll, rout out, run, saltate, scan, scroll, send, separate, set, shift, singsong, sink, sit down, sit up, slide, sling, slip, slump, spill, station, step, stir, straighten, swing, take back, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, tug, tumble, turn, uncurl, unhorse, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, wash, wedge, whistle, wind, woosh, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): drop open, founder, sag, set, settle, submerge, subside

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: drop, falloff, passage, sinker, sinking, slump

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative, sadness