dive

1. V-I If you dive into some water, you jump in head first with your arms held straight above your head. 跳水

He tried to escape by diving into a river. 他企图跳入河中逃走。

She was standing by a pool, about to dive in. 她正站在池边，准备跳进去。

2. N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 跳水

Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge. 早些时，帕特曾从卡泽姆大桥进行过80英尺高的跳水。

3. V-I If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. 潜水

Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms. 贝赞尼克正在潜水采集海洋生物。

4. N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 潜水

This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia. 这次亲眼所见发生在我向撒丁岛外一艘沉船潜水的期间。

5. V-I When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downward, head first, through the air or through water. (鸟等动物) 俯冲

...a pelican which had just dived for a fish. …一只刚刚下潜捕鱼的鹈鹕。

6. V-I If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. 跃向; 冲向

They dived into a taxi. 他们冲进了出租车。

7. N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. 冲; 扑

He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up. 他猛地扑向吉姆大叔的双腿，试图绊倒他。

8. V-I If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. (股票、利润、数字等) 突然暴跌[journalism]

They feared the stock could dive after its first day of trading. 他们担心这支股票在其第一个交易日后会暴跌。

Profits have dived from $7.7m to $7.1m. 利润从770万美元骤跌至710万美元。

9. N-COUNT Dive is also a noun. (股票、利润、数字等) 骤降

Stock prices took a dive. 股票价格暴跌。

10. N-COUNT If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. 低级酒吧; 低级夜总会[非正式]

We've played in all the little clubs and dives around Philadelphia. 我们玩遍了费城所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会。