subsidence

名詞

1. 1

   地層下陷、沉陷、下沉

   Excessive pumping of groundwater has caused serious land subsidence here.

   過度抽取地下水已造成此地嚴重的地層下陷。

2. 2

   塌陷、坍塌

   Subsidence under the road left a hole two meters wide.

   路面下方塌陷，留下一個兩公尺寬的坑洞。

3. 3

   消退、減退、平息正式

   Doctors noted a gradual subsidence of the patient's fever.

   醫生注意到病患的發燒逐漸消退。