plummet
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++plum·met /ˈplʌmɪt/ (also plummet down) verb [intransitive] 1 LESSto suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount 〔价值或数量〕骤然下降，暴跌 SYN plungeplummet from something to something Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million. 利润从4,900万英镑下跌到1,100万英镑。 House prices have plummeted down. 房价已经暴跌。► see thesaurus at decrease2 FALLto fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place 〔从高处突然而快速地〕坠落，掉下 SYN plunge The plane plummeted towards the Earth. 那架飞机直坠向地面。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
plummet• With a sudden drop-pounce, he plummets.• Beef sales, prices and consumer demand have plummeted.• The ledges gleamed in the air briefly in the gray light then plummeted as the water gargled and spat all around them.• Like a bulldozer plowing through snow, the plummeting granite sheet shoved air ahead of it.• And the price of big houses like that has really plummeted in the last year.• The rope snapped, causing the climber to plummet several hundred feet down the mountain.• Enrollment at the school has plummeted to 25 students.• But two years later, that figure has plummeted to 39 percent.• Sixty-five percent of women start off breastfeeding - but that figure plummets to 40 percent in the six weeks after delivery.• The helicopters slammed together before plummeting to the ground.• Two aircraft on a training flight collided and plummeted to the ground.• Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting, whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm.plummet from something to something• During treatment for his injuries and a variety of complications, Dole said his weight plummeted from 194 pounds to 122 pounds.• One of the biospherians plummeted from 208 to 156 pounds.From Longman Business Dictionaryplummetplum‧met /ˈplʌmɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] to suddenly and quickly go down in value or amountSYN PLUNGEHouse prices have plummeted.The Nikkei index plummeted by 577.38 points yesterday.Its stock plummeted 19% after an investment analyst said the company has had trouble selling its Internet commerce technology. —plummet noun [countable]Reacting to Friday’s plummet, prices firmed up again as traders regained their optimism.→ See Verb tableOrigin plummet (1900-2000) plummet “metal weight on a plumb line” ((14-21 centuries)), from Old French plommet “small ball of lead”, from plomb; → PLUMB1plum·met verbChineseSyllable
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plummet
plum‧met /ˈplʌmət, ˈplʌmɪt/
(also plummet down) verb [intransitive]
SYN plunge
plummet from something to something
Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million.
House prices have plummeted down.
2. to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place
SYN plunge:
The plane plummeted towards the Earth.
▪ decrease to become less in number or amount: The average rainfall has decreased by around 30 percent.
▪go down to decrease. Go down is less formal than decrease and is the usual word to use in conversation: Unemployment has gone down in the past few months.
▪decline formal to decrease – used with numbers or amounts, or about the level or standard of something: The standard of living has declined. | Support for the government is steadily declining. | Salaries have declined by around 4.5%.
▪diminish to become smaller or less important: Union membership diminished from 30,000 at its height to just 2,000 today.
▪fall/drop to decrease, especially by a large amount. Fall and drop are less formal than decrease: The number of tigers in the wild has fallen to just over 10,000. | At night, the temperature drops to minus 20 degrees.
▪plunge /plʌndʒ//plummet /ˈplʌmət, ˈplʌmɪt/ to suddenly decrease very quickly and by a very large amount: Share prices have plummeted 29% in the last four months. | Climate change could cause global temperatures to plummet.
▪slide if a price or value slides, it gradually decreases in a way that causes problems – used especially in news reports: The dollar fell in late trading in New York yesterday and slid further this morning.
▪dwindle /ˈdwɪndl/ to gradually decrease until there is very little left of something, especially numbers or amounts, popularity, or importance: Support for the theory is dwindling.
▪taper off /ˈteɪpə $ -ər/ if a number or the amount of an activity that is happening tapers off, it gradually decreases, especially so that it stops completely: Political violence tapered off after the elections.
plum‧met /ˈplʌmət, ˈplʌmɪt/
(also plummet down) verb [intransitive] Date: 1900-2000
Origin: plummet 'metal weight on a plumb line' (14-21 centuries), from Old French plommet 'small ball of lead', from plomb; ⇨ plumb1
1. to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount Origin: plummet 'metal weight on a plumb line' (14-21 centuries), from Old French plommet 'small ball of lead', from plomb; ⇨ plumb1
SYN plunge
plummet from something to something
2. to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place
SYN plunge:
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