dive: [OE] Old English dyfan ‘dive’ came from a prehistoric Germanic *dūbjan. This was a derivative of the base *d(e)ub-, a variant of which, *d(e)up-, was the source of English deep and dip. The colloquial use of the noun for a disreputable bar, nightclub, etc, which comes from 1880s America, is probably a reference to someone ‘diving’ out of sight into such an establishment, which was often in a basement. => deep, dip
dive (v.)
mid-13c., from Old English dufan "to dive, duck, sink" (intransitive, class II strong verb; past tense deaf, past participle dofen) and dyfan "to dip, submerge" (weak, transitive), from Proto-Germanic verb *dubijan, from PIE *dheub- "deep, hollow" (see deep (adj.)). Past tense dove is a later formation, perhaps on analogy of drive/drove. Related: Diving. Dive bomber attested by 1939.
dive (n.)
c. 1700, from dive (v.). Sense of "disreputable bar" is first recorded American English 1871, perhaps because they were usually in basements, and going into one was both a literal and figurative "diving."
雙語例句
1. With a snarl, the second dog made a dive for his heel.
伴著一聲嗥叫，第二只狗撲向了他的腳后跟。
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2. She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.
她站在水池旁邊，正要往里跳。
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3. An attempt was then made to dive the sump.
之后曾嘗試潛入污水坑。
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4. I signed up to learn how to scuba dive.
我報名參加學習戴水肺潛水。
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5. If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive.