drown
- v.(使)淹死，溺死;淹没;压过;浸泡;盖没;浸透
派生词： drowning n. 过去式： drowned 现在分词： drowning 过去分词： drowned 第三人称单数： drowns
drownverb
（使）淹死，溺死
to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to kill sb in this way
Two children drowned after falling into the river.
两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.
他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。
She tried to drown herself.
她试图投水自杀。
He was drowned at sea.
他淹死在海里。
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
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
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。
death by drowning
溺水身亡
Alcohol plays a part in an estimated 30% of drownings.
大约有30%的溺水是酒精的作用所致。
to get drunk in order to forget your problems
drown
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V-ERG （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.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。
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VERB 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.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。
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VERB 盖过,淹没(声音)
If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
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PHRASE 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.
verb
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- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- The child drowned in the lake
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- get rid of as if by submerging
- She drowned her trouble in alcohol
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- kill by submerging in water
- He drowned the kittens
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- cover completely or make imperceptible
- I was drowned in work
- The noise drowned out her speech
- Synonym: submerge overwhelm
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- be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy
- Synonym: swim
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Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown
动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
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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。
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Two children drowned after falling into the river .
两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
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Police plucked a drowning girl from the river yesterday .
昨天警方从河里救起了一名溺水少女。
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In attempting to save the child from drowning , she nearly lost her own life .
她在抢救落水儿童时，自己差点丧命。
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He had attempted to rescue the drowning man .
他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。
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Three sailors are missing , believed drowned .
有三位船员失踪。相信是淹死了。
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He was drowned at sea .
他淹死在海里。
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The fruit was drowned in cream .
水果在奶油里泡过。
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Teenager Matt Brown is being hailed a hero for saving a young child from drowning .
因救起一名溺水儿童，少年马特∙布朗被誉为英雄。
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He rescued a child from drowning .
他救起了一名落水儿童。
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She tried to drown herself .
她试图投水自杀。
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Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out .
人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
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She saved him from drowning .
她救了他一命，使他免遭淹死。
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They had drowned the unwanted kittens .
他们把没人要的小猫淹死了。
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They said he 'd been held under the water and drowned
他们说他被按到水里淹死了。
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His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back .
他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。
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Last night a boy was drowned in the river
昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。
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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。
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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。
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Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers .
据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
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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。
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He walked into the sea and drowned himself
他投海自杀了。
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He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas
他在汹涌的海浪中挣扎了30分钟后淹死了。
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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。
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Clapping drowned the speaker 's words for a moment
鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
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When he was fishing off the island he was caught in a storm and almost drowned
他出岛捕鱼时，赶上一场暴风雨，差点淹死。
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They were forcing her head under the icy waters , drowning her .
他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她。
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APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon .
亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。
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His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson
他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中，溺水身亡。
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