dunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dunk /dʌŋk/ verb 1 [transitive]DF to quickly put something into a liquid and take it out again, especially something you are eating 把〔尤指吃的东西〕浸一浸，蘸一蘸 Jill dunked her ginger biscuit in her tea. 吉尔把姜味饼干在茶里蘸了一下。 I dunked my head under the water and scrubbed at my hair. 我把头浸到水里揉搓头发。► see thesaurus at put2. DSS[transitive] American English to push someone under water for a short time as a joke 将 〔某人〕按到水里片刻〔作为玩笑〕 SYN British English duck3. DSO[intransitive, transitive] to jump up by the basket and throw the ball down into it in basketball 将〔篮球〕扣入篮内；扣篮 → dunk for apples at apple(3), → slam dunk —dunk noun [countable] →5 see picture at 见图 basketball→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
dunk• Our day started with my brewing coffee with the beans Jean-Claude ground, and buttering lengths of baguette to dunk.• Bill dunked a piece of bread in the soup.• The old men sit around the table talking and dunking donuts into their coffee.• My daughter likes to dunk her biscuits in my tea.• Then she dunked her right hand in a bowl of ice to numb the cramping.• The Lakers got within a point with 27. 6 seconds left after Eddie Jones dunked home a Johnson lob.• We stayed right with him, though, because at last Seve dunked in a long one.• The luscious claw meat especially, dunked in butter, is dangerously good.• Some were plucked from the seas more than two centuries ago and dunked in ship's rum to keep them from rotting.• But when her muzzle was dunked in the water almost over her nostrils, the temptation became too much.• She was denied food and sleep, shocked with electricity and dunked into vats of water until she nearly drowned.• Keefe dunked to bring Stanford's lead to 10 points.Origin dunk (1900-2000) Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunkendunk verbChinese
something and quickly Corpus into liquid to a take put
dunk
dunk /dʌŋk/
verb
Jill dunked her ginger biscuit in her tea.
I dunked my head under the water and scrubbed at my hair.
2. [transitive] American English to push someone under water for a short time as a joke
SYN duck British English
3. [intransitive and transitive] to jump up by the basket and throw the ball down into it in basketball ⇨ dunk for apples at apple(3), ⇨ slam dunk
—dunk noun [countable]
■ to put something into a liquid
▪dip to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again: She dipped her hand in the water to see how hot it was. | Prawns are delicious dipped in a spicy sauce.
▪plunge to put something quickly, firmly, and deeply into a liquid: Plunge the pasta into a pan of boiling water. | I had to plunge my arm in up to the elbow to reach the keys.
▪dunk to put something such as a piece of bread or cake into a hot drink or soup before eating it: I love biscuits dunked in coffee.
▪immerse to put something deep into a liquid so that it is completely covered: If the plant’s leaves look dry, immerse the roots in water for a while.
dunk /dʌŋk/
verb Date: 1900-2000
Language: Pennsylvania German
Origin: dunke, from Middle High German dunken
1. [transitive] to quickly put something into a liquid and take it out again, especially something you are eating:Language: Pennsylvania German
Origin: dunke, from Middle High German dunken
2. [transitive] American English to push someone under water for a short time as a joke
SYN duck British English
3. [intransitive and transitive] to jump up by the basket and throw the ball down into it in basketball ⇨ dunk for apples at apple(3), ⇨ slam dunk
—dunk noun [countable]
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