英语词汇“to sink in”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To penetrate or soak into something; to be absorbed by something.

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?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Sinken Þe surgene..made his bocche summe tyme to sinke inne aȝeine.

?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 135 (MED) Take þe jws off celydonye and ley it on þe heed and rubbe it well, tyll it synke in.

1729 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compleat Horseman (ed. 4) ii. 265 Foment each Leg with a quarter of a pint of Brandy, to make the Oil sink in.

1987 O. Beattie & J. Geiger Frozen in Time (2014) ix. 133 At first they sank in only up to their boot tops.

b. intransitive. Of oil paints: to seep into the ground of the painting. Hence also of an oil painting: to develop dull spots as a result of this process.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [verb (intransitive)] > sink

sink1756

to sink in1758

1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts I. Pref. p. x I have subjoined a method, by which those, who are really in earnest about the merit of their performances, may procure cloths to be made without either stiffening, cracking, or causing (as it is called) the colours to sink in.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 222 The tendency some colours have, in certain circumstances, to what is called ‘sink-in’.

1939 H. Hubbard Materia Pictoria 231 During the process of painting, and after completion, Oil Paintings are liable to sink-in and become dull in parts.

1995 L. Cateura Oil Painting Secrets from Master 38/1 If your canvas has a good smooth surface and if you don't work the paint too much, the paint should stay on top of the canvas and remain shiny, rather than sink in and look dull.

2017 P. Tyler Drawing & painting Landscape vii. 138 If you are working in a layered manner, starting with an underpainting..the use of mediums enables you to do this without the problem of the painting sinking in, or cracking.

c. intransitive. Of a thought, idea, etc.: to register in the mind or understanding; to make an impression.

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a1882 J. P. Quincy Figures of Past (1883) 250 Then a pause, that the absurdity of the position of his antagonist might sink in and be vividly realized.

1969 New Yorker 14 June 46/1 I think it has sunk in that he sometimes offends people, and I can see him fighting it.

2012 N. Hawley Good Father (2013) 208 It was clear now that nothing she'd said to me the night before had sunk in.

2. intransitive To cave in; to fall inwards, creating a hollow.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards

to sink in1530

to fall in1611

to cave in1707

to run in1747

cave1848

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Table of Verbes f. ccclxi^v/1 I synke in as a mans harnesse synketh by vyolence of strokes, Ie me efondre.

1729 J. Woodward Attempt Towards Nat. Hist. Fossils of Eng. 45 In the middle on one side, the Stone sinks in, and rises out on the opposite, as if it had been soft and press'd in that Part.

1764 tr. F. Algarotti Ess. on Painting 118 In fits of melancholy, the eyes grow motionless and dead, the face pale, and the lips sink in.

1989 N. Sherry Graham Greene i. xxxv. 555 His cheeks had sunk in, there were black smudges under his eyes.

单词	to sink in
释义	> as lemmas to sink in to sink in 1. a. intransitive. To penetrate or soak into something; to be absorbed by something. ΚΠ ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 161, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Sinken Þe surgene..made his bocche summe tyme to sinke inne aȝeine. ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 135 (MED) Take þe jws off celydonye and ley it on þe heed and rubbe it well, tyll it synke in. 1729 W. Hope tr. J. de Solleysel Compleat Horseman (ed. 4) ii. 265 Foment each Leg with a quarter of a pint of Brandy, to make the Oil sink in. 1987 O. Beattie & J. Geiger Frozen in Time (2014) ix. 133 At first they sank in only up to their boot tops. b. intransitive. Of oil paints: to seep into the ground of the painting. Hence also of an oil painting: to develop dull spots as a result of this process. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [verb (intransitive)] > sink sink1756 to sink in1758 1758 R. Dossie Handmaid to Arts I. Pref. p. x I have subjoined a method, by which those, who are really in earnest about the merit of their performances, may procure cloths to be made without either stiffening, cracking, or causing (as it is called) the colours to sink in. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 222 The tendency some colours have, in certain circumstances, to what is called ‘sink-in’. 1939 H. Hubbard Materia Pictoria 231 During the process of painting, and after completion, Oil Paintings are liable to sink-in and become dull in parts. 1995 L. Cateura Oil Painting Secrets from Master 38/1 If your canvas has a good smooth surface and if you don't work the paint too much, the paint should stay on top of the canvas and remain shiny, rather than sink in and look dull. 2017 P. Tyler Drawing & painting Landscape vii. 138 If you are working in a layered manner, starting with an underpainting..the use of mediums enables you to do this without the problem of the painting sinking in, or cracking. c. intransitive. Of a thought, idea, etc.: to register in the mind or understanding; to make an impression. ΚΠ a1882 J. P. Quincy Figures of Past (1883) 250 Then a pause, that the absurdity of the position of his antagonist might sink in and be vividly realized. 1969 New Yorker 14 June 46/1 I think it has sunk in that he sometimes offends people, and I can see him fighting it. 2012 N. Hawley Good Father (2013) 208 It was clear now that nothing she'd said to me the night before had sunk in. 2. intransitive To cave in; to fall inwards, creating a hollow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > collapse > inwards to sink in1530 to fall in1611 to cave in1707 to run in1747 cave1848 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Table of Verbes f. ccclxi^v/1 I synke in as a mans harnesse synketh by vyolence of strokes, Ie me efondre. 1729 J. Woodward Attempt Towards Nat. Hist. Fossils of Eng. 45 In the middle on one side, the Stone sinks in, and rises out on the opposite, as if it had been soft and press'd in that Part. 1764 tr. F. Algarotti Ess. on Painting 118 In fits of melancholy, the eyes grow motionless and dead, the face pale, and the lips sink in. 1989 N. Sherry Graham Greene i. xxxv. 555 His cheeks had sunk in, there were black smudges under his eyes. extracted from sinkv. < as lemmas
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