traditional name for a rich man, late 14c., from Latin dives "rich (man);" see Dis. Used in Luke xvi in Vulgate and commonly mistaken as the proper name of the man in the parable. Related to divus "divine," and originally meaning "favored by the gods" (see divine (adj.)).
雙語例句
1. We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool.
我們在利物浦所有的小酒吧和低級夜總會演出過。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Our initial Atlantic dives were filled with excitement.
我們初次潛入大西洋底時心情十分激動.
來自辭典例句
3. Mr. Marvel began to make frantic dives at panels that looked like doors.
馬弗爾先生開始猛烈地朝著家門一樣的墻板沖去.
來自辭典例句
4. He looks like a bum who's been drowning his sorrows in sleazy dives.
他看起來象個游手好閑之輩,整天泡在骯臟的下等酒吧借酒消愁.
來自辭典例句
5. In the highboard event, men take ten dives, women take eight dives.