drown

英 [draʊn]

美 [draʊn]

v.  (使)淹死，溺死; 浸透; 淹没; 浸泡; 压过; 盖没

过去分词：drowned　过去式：drowned　现在分词：drowning　第三人称单数：drowns　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4492 / COCA.4927

短语动词

习惯用语

v.

drown your fears/loneliness/sorrows, etc.
• 借酒壮胆 / 解寂寞 / 浇愁等
  to get drunk in order to forget your problems

牛津词典

verb

• （使）淹死，溺死
  to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to kill sb in this way
  1. Two children drowned after falling into the river.
     两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
  2. He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.
     他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。
  3. She tried to drown herself.
     她试图投水自杀。
  4. He was drowned at sea.
     他淹死在海里。
  5. They had drowned the unwanted kittens.
     他们把没人要的小猫淹死了。
• 浸透；淹没；浸泡
  to make sth very wet; to completely cover sth in water or another liquid
  1. The fruit was drowned in cream.
     水果在奶油里泡过。
• 压过；盖没；淹没
  to be louder than other sounds so that you cannot hear them
  1. She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door.
     她开大了收音机的音量以压过隔壁房间的吵闹声。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （把…）淹死，溺死
  When someonedrownsoris drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.
  1. Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat capsized during a storm...
     他们的船在暴风雨中倾覆后有 48 人溺亡。
  2. A child can drown in only a few inches of water...
     儿童在只有几英寸深的水中就可能溺亡。
  3. Last night a boy was drowned in the river...
     昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。
  4. He walked into the sea and drowned himself...
     他投海自杀了。
  5. Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
     据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
• VERB 淹没（于…中）；置身（于…中）
  If you say that a person or thingis drowning insomething, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.
  1. We were drowning in data but starved of information.
     我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。
  2. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...
     渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
  3. The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
     马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• VERB 盖过,淹没(声音)
  If somethingdrownsa sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.
  1. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
     鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
  2. The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.
     到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。
  3. Drown outmeans the same asdrown.
     
  4. Their cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators...
     他们的欢呼声盖过了示威者的抗议声。
  5. Her voice was drowned out by a loud crash.
     她的声音被一声响亮的撞击声所淹没。
• 借酒浇愁
  If you say that someoneis drowningtheirsorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.

英英释义

verb

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
  1. The child drowned in the lake
• get rid of as if by submerging
  1. She drowned her trouble in alcohol
• kill by submerging in water
  1. He drowned the kittens
• cover completely or make imperceptible
  1. I was drowned in work
  2. The noise drowned out her speech
  Synonym:submergeoverwhelm
• be covered with or submerged in a liquid
  1. the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
  Synonym:swim

双语例句

• Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
  据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
• The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.
  到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。
• We were drowning in data but starved of information.
  我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。
• Then you started to drown, and everyone had a fit.
  差点淹死了，把大家都吓死了。
• I can't swim. I'm going to drown!
  我不会游泳。我要淹死了！
• How can a man drown and not touch the water?
  一个人怎么可能淹死了但却没沾水？
• When I was three years old, I was thrown into a pool and they induced me to drown.
  我三岁的时候，我被投进了游泳池，他们想引诱我溺水（死亡）。
• Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment
  鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
• We are fish and we drown.
  我等生而为鱼，但求溺水而死。
• And I hope you drown in it!
  我真希望那些酒把你溺死！