单词 | resink |
释义 | resinkv. intransitive and transitive. To sink again (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid > cause to sink in a liquid > again resink1612 1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice 45v Though there I vow'd.., I brake my vow and me re-suncke in sinne. 1826 Monthly Mag. Feb. 219/1 A heap of iron-stone, lying at the mouth of an old staple, which some miners are now re-sinking. 1858 E. C. Grey Two Hearts xxx. 289 Her whole form seemed to make a gently upward movement, then re-sank with her head again upon the pillow. 1919 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 18 188 When the rains break a rush of water fills up these wells with sand, and during the next dry season they are gradually re-sunk as the water-level falls. 1944 Jrnl. Archaeol. 48 290/2 The rudder..has been temporarily resunk in the morass for preservation. 2000 S. Kershaw Oceanogr. iii. 55/1 Water flowing into the North Atlantic..is cooled and resinks..when it reaches Greenland once more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1612 |
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