drown基本解释
vi.淹死
vt.淹死;淹没
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过去式: drowned 过去分词: drowned 现在分词: drowning 第三人称单数: drowns
基本词汇
vi.淹死
vt.淹死;淹没
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过去式: drowned 过去分词: drowned 现在分词: drowning 第三人称单数: drowns
verb
1. die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
e.g. The child drowned in the lake
2. get rid of as if by submerging
e.g. She drowned her trouble in alcohol
3. kill by submerging in water
e.g. He drowned the kittens
4. cover completely or make imperceptible
e.g. I was drowned in work
The noise drowned out her speech
Synonym: submergeoverwhelm
5. be covered with or submerged in a liquid
e.g. the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
Synonym: swim
1. (把…)淹死,溺死
When someone drowns or is drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. 淹没(于…中);置身(于…中)
If you say that a person or thing is drowning in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.
drown
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...
渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
3. 盖过,淹没(声音)
If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.
e.g. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
e.g. 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。
4. 借酒浇愁
If you say that someone is drowning their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.
drown在线翻译
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2. 淹没:dig 挖 | drown 淹没 | composition 写作
3. drown
3. 溺死:drover 牲畜贩子 | drown 溺死 | drowning 溺死
It is quite possible for a man to drown in his bath.
一个人完全有可能淹死在澡盆里。
Most passengers on the Titanic were drowned.
泰坦尼克号上的大部分乘客都淹死了。
drown sb/sth in sthIt is cruel to drown a cat in the river.
把猫淹死在河里是残忍的。
The pilot was drowned in his plane when it crashed into the North Sea.
飞机在北海坠毁,飞行员淹死在飞机中。
drown sth in sthThe crowd drowned his last few words in cheers.
人群的欢呼声淹没了他的最后几句话。
drown oneself in sthFor years he has drowned himself in the study of English literature.
多年来,他一直致力于英国文学的研究。
drown oneself/sth in sthHe tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.
他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
His face was drowned in tears.
他泪流满面。
Worn out by their adventures, the climbers are now drowned in sleep.
因历险而筋疲力尽的爬山者正在熟睡。
1. drown out : 淹没, 压过;
I thought..I would drown because of my boots, but I thrashed and fought through the water.
出自:E. Hemingway误 The boy fell into the river and drowned to the death last night.
正 The boy fell into the river and was drowned last night.
析 drown本身含有“死”的概念,所以加to the death是多余的。