Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.keep down; lower; sink; become submerged; go under water; descend; fall; subside
军队击沉了敌舰。
The army sank the enemy's ship.
货船因撞到了冰山,沉下去了。
The freighter hit an iceberg and sank.
许多海洋垃圾沉到了海底。
A lot of Marine rubbish sinks to the bottom of the sea.
- 2
adj.heavy (in weight); weighty
这个箱子很沉。
This box is very heavy.
孩子太沉了,爸爸都抱不动了。
The baby is too heavy for his father to carry.
这袋大米很沉,一个人拿不动。
This bag of rice is too heavy to be carried by one person.
- 3
adj.feel heavy or uncomfortable; feel unwell
老人两腿发沉,站不起来。
The old man's legs felt so heavy that he could not stand up.
我的胳膊很沉,抬不起来了。
My arms are so heavy that I can't lift them.
他感冒了,头沉得抬不起来。
He had a cold and couldn't lift his head.
- 4
adj.fml(of degree) deep; profound
孩子在妈妈的怀里睡得很沉。
The child slept soundly in its mother's arms.
不完成工作我睡不沉。
I can't sleep well until I finish my work.
累了一天,他沉沉的睡着了。
After a hard day's work, he fell into a deep sleep.
Words and phrases with 沉
- 沉吟[word]recite in a low voice; unable to make up one's mind
- 沉积法[word]process
- 沉淀[word]form a sediment; sediment
- 沉静[word]quiet; calm
- 沉湎[word]abandon/give oneself
- 沉没[word]sink; submergence
- 沉醉[word]get drunk; become intoxicated
- 沉默[word]reticent; be silent/speechless
- 沉疴[word]chronic disease
- 沉湎酒色[idiom]indulge in wine and women
- 沉不住气[idiom]can hardly retain one's composure
- 沉鱼落雁[idiom]be striking enough to make fish sink and birds alight—be extremely beautiful
- 沉冤莫白[idiom]grievous wrongs that can never be redressed
- 沉吟未决[idiom]be irresolute
- 沉吟不决[idiom]be irresolute
- 沉得住气[idiom]keep one's equanimity
- 沉默寡言[idiom]be reticent
- 沉思默想[idiom]be in a brown study