nosedive

noun

/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/

[singular]

a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where something suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail急剧下降；急转直下；暴跌
- Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis.危机期间，石油价格暴跌。
- These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive.这些政策使得建筑业的形势急转直下。
- Her spirits took a sudden nosedive after her husband’s death.她丈夫死后，她的情绪突然低落。
- Stock markets have crashed in the biggest nosedive this century.股票市场陷入了本世纪最大的暴跌。
Topics Change, cause and effectc2
the sudden sharp fall of an aircraft towards the ground with its front part pointing down（飞行器的）俯冲
- The pilot put the plane into a nosedive.飞行员将飞机俯冲下来。

verb

/ˈnəʊzdaɪv/

动词形式

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/

[intransitive] (of prices, costs, etc.价格、费用等) to fall suddenly骤降；急剧下跌；暴跌 synonym plummet
- Building costs have nosedived.建筑费用猛跌下来。
- During that period the quality of British film-making nosedived.在那个时期，英国电影制作的质量急剧下降。
Topics Change, cause and effectc2
[intransitive] (of an aircraft飞行器) to fall suddenly with the front part pointing towards the ground俯冲