subsidence
英 [s?b'sa?d(?)ns; 's?bs?d(?)ns]
美[s?b'sa?dns]
- n. 下沉；沉淀；陷沒(méi)
英英釋意
- 1. an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease);
- "his cancer is in remission"
- 2. a gradual sinking to a lower level
- 3. the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it