plunge

1.[i][t]使突然前冲（或下落）to move or make sb/sth move suddenly forwards and/or downwards

2.[i]暴跌；骤降；突降to decrease suddenly and quickly

3.[i]+ adv./prep.陡峭地向下倾斜to slope down steeply

4.[i]（剧烈）颠簸，震荡to move up and down suddenly and violently

1.突然跌落；突然分离a sudden movement downwards or away from sth

2.~ (in sth)（数量、价格的）暴跌，猛降，骤减a sudden decrease in an amount or the value of sth

3.~ into sth卷入；参与the act of becoming involved in a situation or activity

4.跳水；快速游泳an act of jumping or diving into water; a quick swim

take the plunge

（尤指深思熟虑后）果断行事，毅然决定to decide to do sth important or difficult, especially after thinking about it for a long time

1.使投入;插进,扔进;浸入 (into)

2.使陷入;使遭受;使埋头...,使投身 (in; into)

3.【园】将(花盆)埋入地中

4.下降,急降

5.跳进,掉进,钻进 (into);冲 (into; down; up);不顾前后地干起来 (into)

6.(马)猛烈前冲;跃起后蹄倒竖起来;(船)前后颠簸

7.〈俚〉盲目投资;滥赌;借债 (plungeinto)

1.〈俚〉投机,赌博

2.猛冲,蛮干;冒险,断然手段

3.〈古〉为难,困难

4.跳进,插进

5.〈罕〉大雨

6.(船的)前后颠簸;马跃起后蹄倒竖

1.to fall quickly from a high position; to make someone or something fall quickly from a high position; to slope downward suddenly

2.to suddenly put someone or something in a much less successful situation, or to be suddenly put in such a situation

3.if an amount or level plunges, it suddenly becomes much lower

4.to push a plunger into a toilet, sink, or bathtub in order to stop a pipe from being blocked

5.to move quickly in an uncontrolled way, or to make someone or something move in this way; if a ship plunges, it moves up and down on water in an uncontrolled way

1.a quick fall from a high position; a jump or dive into water

2.a sudden reduction in the amount or level of something