When his boat was well-laden, the Mermaid would sink down into the sea, smiling at him.

当他的船满载时，美人鱼会沉到海里，对他微笑。

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As the ocean floor plate begins to sink down into the mantle, it would drag or pull the entire plate along with it.

当海洋底部开始下沉到地幔中，它会同时将整个海底板块拖拽下去。

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"Your shoulders drop, your legs swell, your ribs sink down into your organs," she explains.

“肩膀往下坠，脚发肿，肋骨下沉使内脏受压，”她解释说。

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Many break down, or sink into the mud, creating road blocks.

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Dinners at his house were a fraught mixture of desire and dashed hope as pedigreed bottles were opened and poured into glasses and down the kitchen sink.

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She leaned forward over the sink, unexpectedly dizzy, taking her weight on her arms, and staring down into the dark passage of the drain, understanding it for a few seconds as if it opened a way out of the world, or into it.

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