plunge

Pronúncia: plʌndʒ
    noun
  1. [drive from bank, etc.] salt.
  2. [submersion by swimmer, bird, etc.] cabussó.
  3. [by professional diver] immersió.
  4. [bathe] bany.
  5. the diver rested after each plunge el bus descansava després de cada immersió.
  6. he had a plunge before breakfast va anar a prendre un bany abans d'esmorzar.

  7. [bath] bany.
  8. [pool] piscina.
  9. cold plunge bany fred.

  10. figurative to take the plunge jugar-se-la, fer un pas decisiu.
  11. we were about to take the plunge estàvem a punt de fer el pas decisiu.
  12. I took the plunge and bought it vaig fer un cop de cap i vaig comprar-ho.
    13. transitive verb
  13. [immerse] submergir.
  14. enfonsar (into a, en).
  15. he plunged his hands into the water va enfonsar les mans a l'aigua.
  16. he plunged his hand into his pocket va posar-se les mans a la butxaca.
  17. to plunge a dagger into someone's chest clavar un punyal al pit d'algú.

  18. to plunge a room into darkness deixar una habitació a les fosques.
  19. New York was suddenly plunged into darkness Nova York es va quedar a les fosques de sobte.

  20. to plunge someone into sadness sumir algú en la tristesa.
  21. we were plunged into gloom by the news la notícia ens va aclaparar.
    22. intransitive verb
  22. [dive] saltar, llançar-se, cabussar-se, submergir-se.
  23. [sink] enfonsar-se.
  24. then the submarine plunged després el submarí es va enfonsar.
  25. she plunged into 10 metres of water va submergir-se fins als 10 metres d'aigua.

  26. [fall] caure.
  27. he plunged to his death va sofrir una caiguda mortal.
  28. he plunged from a fifth storey window es va tirar des d'una finestra del cinquè pis.
  29. the aircraft plunged into the sea off Dover l'avió va precipitar-se al mar prop de Dover.

  30. [ship] fer capficalls.
  31. [horse] tirar guitzes, guitar.

  32. [person: rush] llançar-se, tirar-se, abocar-se, precipitar-se.
  33. to plunge forward tirar-se endavant.
  34. to plunge into one's work abocar-se a la feina.
  35. to plunge heedlessly into danger llançar-se al perill sense fer-ne cabal.
  36. he plunged into a discussion of Plato es va llançar a una discussió de Plató.

  37. colloquial [gamble] jugar-s'ho tot, apostar-ho tot.
  38. Commerce arriscar molts diners.

  39. figurative & colloquial [decide] decidir-se, donar un cop de cap.