学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3080 nosedive

今天我们要学的词是nosedive. Nosedive作为动词，是大跌，暴跌的意思。New CDC research shows that birth rates for teens in the United States continued to nosedive in 2017, dropping 7 percent from the year before. 美国疾病控制与预防中心的最新研究数字显示，2017年美国十几岁年龄段的生育率继续大跌，比一年前下降了7%。Western European smartphone shipments¹ nosedived in the first quarter of 2018, according to a market research company. 一家市场调研公司表示，西欧智能手机的货运量2018年第一季度大幅度下跌。好的，我们今天学习的词是 nosedive, nosedive, nosedive ...

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船运，水运( shipment的名词复数 )； （从海路、陆路或空运的）一批货物

参考例句：

• The shipments are being expedited as much as possible. 装货速度在尽量加快。
• We received two shipments from Chicago. 我们收到从芝加哥运来的两船货物。