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.)).
双语例句
1. We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool.
我们在利物浦所有的小酒吧和低级夜总会演出过。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Our initial Atlantic dives were filled with excitement.
我们初次潜入大西洋底时心情十分激动.
来自辞典例句
3. Mr. Marvel began to make frantic dives at panels that looked like doors.
马弗尔先生开始猛烈地朝着家门一样的墙板冲去.
来自辞典例句
4. He looks like a bum who's been drowning his sorrows in sleazy dives.
他看起来象个游手好闲之辈,整天泡在肮脏的下等酒吧借酒消愁.
来自辞典例句
5. In the highboard event, men take ten dives, women take eight dives.
