"sink" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

sink verbo

sink + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 24
sink the cruise industry • sink several ships • sink one's teeth • sink several vessels • sink a putt • ...
(1) industry, mine
Kolokacji: 2
  • In the first four months of the war they sank more than 110 vessels.
  • In less than a month, she sank six vessels.
  • It was a serious hazard to shipping, sinking 119 vessels and taking 114 lives.
  • The storm sank three merchant ships, and two other vessels.
  • Usually just referred to as a storm, these systems can sink vessels of all types and sizes.
  • In the course of her raiding mission, she sank only two vessels and captured a third.
  • Mosquito's and Beaufighters from the two groups sinking several vessels.
  • In all, Chasseur captured or sank 17 vessels before returning home.
  • It was impossible to make an attack from the water, as the Russians had sunk vessels at the entrance to the harbor.
  • Iranian coastal guns also sank three Iraqi vessels in the channel, it said.
3. sink a submarine = zatop okręt podwodny sink a submarine
4. sink a destroyer = zatop niszczyciel sink a destroyer
5. sink several warships = zatop kilka okrętów wojennych sink several warships
6. sink several cruisers = zatop kilka łodzi motorowych z kabiną sink several cruisers
7. sink a freighter = zatop frachtowiec sink a freighter
8. sink several carriers = zniszcz kilku przewoźników sink several carriers
10. sink several U-boats = zatapiać kilka U-boats sink several U-boats
(4) root, feeling
Kolokacji: 2
(5) millions, ton
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + sink
Kolokacji: 9
begin to sink • cause to sink • begin sinking • start to sink • seem to sink • ...
sink + preposición
Kolokacji: 52
sink into • sink down • sink off • sink below • sink beneath • ...
sink + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 51
sink low • sink slowly • sunk deep • sink further • finally sink • ...

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