sunken

/ˈsʌŋ.kən/

意味: 沈んだ、くぼんだ

例文: A sunken ship lay on the seabed.
　　  沈没船が海底に横たわっていた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: sunken ship(沈没船), sunken eyes(落ちくぼんだ目), sunken garden(沈床庭園)

定義: 何かが沈んだり、落ち込んだりしている状態を表します。例えば、船が水中に沈んでいる場合や、目がくぼんでいる場合に使います。物理的に低くなったり、へこんだりしていることを示します。

sunkenは約500,000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: having a sunken area

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
Adjective: hunger gave their faces a sunken look

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bury, deep-set, dip, drop, drop down, fall off, go down, go under, lapse, pass, recessed, settle, sink, slide down, slump, subside, sunken

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)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: