Plunge

(noun.) a steep and rapid fall.

(verb.) cause to be immersed; 'The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text'.

(verb.) dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; 'She plunged at it eagerly'.

(verb.) fall abruptly; 'It plunged to the bottom of the well'.

(verb.) begin with vigor; 'He launched into a long diatribe'; 'She plunged into a dangerous adventure'.

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• She wanted to plunge on and on, till she came to the end of the valley of snow. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• At last she took a great resolution--made the great plunge. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Suddenly, with a plunge, as of the swimmer who leaves the bank, she hurried across the road, and we heard the sharp clang of the bell. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• With a plunge of enjoyment, Fledgeby settled himself afresh. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Better die at once--better plunge a poinard in her bosom, still untouched by drear adversity, and then again sheathe it in my own! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A more pronounced illustration is to wet the hands in a basin of water, and then plunge them in the blast of hot, dry air coming from a furnace register. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I felt as if, from the order of the systematic world, I had plunged into chaos, obscure, contrary, unintelligible. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• A long silence ensued; during which the Jew was plunged in deep thought, with his face wrinkled into an expression of villainy perfectly demoniacal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Inexperienced in government, she plunged into all manner of useless expenditure, and swamped her treasury almost in a day. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In experiment 14 an electric light carbon heated to a red heat at its tip, is plunged vertically into a deep glass of liquid oxygen. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Instantly, Clayton, followed by the two old men, plunged into the jungle, calling the girl's name aloud. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• There seems to have been as little reason in the foreign policy that now plunged Europe into a fresh cycle of wars. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Miss Briggs and I are plunged in grief and despondency for the death of our Papa, Rebecca said. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The darkness seemed to be swaying in waves across his mind, great waves of darkness plunging across his mind. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was divided entirely between his spirit, which stood outside, and knew, and his body, that was a plunging, unconscious stroke of blood. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You villain, why do you shrink from plunging into the irretrievable Gazette? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The world was torn in two, and he was plunging like an unlit star through the ineffable rift. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• They went right to the bows of the softly plunging vessel. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Jos succeeded in plunging into the coat, and came forward blushing and stuttering out excuses to his fair visitor. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Then plunging his hands and head into the fountain, he washed from them all marks of the midnight revel. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If this quantity of water plunges over a 10-ft. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As a selfish man will impoverish his family and often bring them to ruin, so a selfish king brings ruin on his people and often plunges them into war. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Some people say that the manager just plunges his hand into the heap and takes the first that comes. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Oliver's vigorous plunges against the bit of timber in question, rendered this occurance highly probable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The operation was performed amidst the fiercest yells and the most convulsive plunges. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The torrent, swollen by the melting snow, plunges into a tremendous abyss, from which the spray rolls up like the smoke from a burning house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• After all, when one was fulfilled, one was happiest in falling into death, as a bitter fruit plunges in its ripeness downwards. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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