nosedive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nose·dive [nosedive nosedives nosedived nosediving] noun, verb BrE [ˈnəʊzdaɪv] NAmE [ˈnoʊzdaɪv]
noun singular
1. a sudden steep fall or drop; a situation where sth suddenly becomes worse or begins to fail
•Oil prices took a nosedive in the crisis.
•These policies have sent the construction industry into an abrupt nosedive.
• (figurative)Her spirits took a sudden nosedive after her husband's death.
•Stock markets have crashed in the biggest nosedive this century.
2. the sudden sharp fall of an aircraft towards the ground with its front part pointing down
•The pilot put the plane into a nosedive.
 
verb
1. intransitive (of prices, costs, etc.)to fall suddenly
Syn: ↑plummet
•Building costs have nosedived.
•During that period the quality of British film-making nosedived.
2. intransitive (of an aircraft)to fall suddenly with the front part pointing towards the ground
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• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dive, nose dive