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单词 nosedive
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nosedive

noun
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
[singular]
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  1. a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where something suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail
    • Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis.
    • These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive.
    • Her spirits took a sudden nosedive after her husband’s death.
    • Stock markets have crashed in the biggest nosedive this century.
    Topics Change, cause and effectc2
  2. the sudden sharp fall of an aircraft towards the ground with its front part pointing down
    • The pilot put the plane into a nosedive.

nosedive

verb
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they nosedive
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/
he / she / it nosedives
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvz/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvz/
past simple nosedived
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvd/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvd/
past participle nosedived
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvd/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvd/
-ing form nosediving
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvɪŋ/
/ˈnəʊzdaɪvɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (of prices, costs, etc.) to fall suddenly synonym plummet
    • Building costs have nosedived.
    • During that period the quality of British film-making nosedived.
    Topics Change, cause and effectc2
  2. [intransitive] (of an aircraft) to fall suddenly with the front part pointing towards the ground
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