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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- sunken ['s^ŋkən]
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1.
vb
a past participle of sink
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2.
adj
unhealthily hollow
- sunken cheeks
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3.
adj
situated at a lower level than the surrounding or usual one
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4.
adj
situated under water; submerged
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5.
adj
depressed; low
- sunken spirits
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1.
vb
a past participle of sink
Examples
- sunken ship
- 沉船 → sunken
- a sunken patio
- 低陷的庭院 → sunken
- sunken cheeks
- 消瘦的脸颊 → sunken
- they nicknamed him 'Treasure', because of his sunken chest, geddit? → geddit
- sunken cheeks → sunken
- sunken spirits → sunken
- 双颊凹陷
- have sunken (or hollow) cheeks → 凹陷
- 没牙瘪嘴儿
- have a toothless, sunken mouth → 瘪
- 打捞沉船
- salvage a sunken ship → 打捞
- 她病了一场，眼睛都眍进去了。
- Her illness made her look sunken-eyed. → 眍
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