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drown vi.淹死vt.淹死；淹没 (1) 小女孩在河里淹死了。(2) 如果能让头露出水面，你就不会被淹死。(3) 把猫淹死在河里是件残忍的事。(4) 乐队的演奏声把我们谈话的声音淹没了。 If you kill people by submerging your victims in liquid (especially water) until it fills their lungs and asphyxiates them, then you drown them. You can drown things in a less literal way as well. If you drink alcoholic beverages to forget your troubles, for example, you can say you're trying to "drown your sorrows." If you're submerged in a tidal wave of school assignments, then you are "drowning in work."

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英 [draʊn] 美 [draʊn] (1) The little girl drowned in the river.(2) If you can keep your head above water, you won't drown.(3) It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.(4) The band drowned our conversation. The verb drown means to die from inhaling water into the lungs and being unable to breathe. It is possible to drown in a small amount of water — even an inch or two in a bathtub. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（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.   [V]  [be V-ed]  [V pron-refl]  [V-ing]  [Also V n]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。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。Last night a boy was drowned in the river...昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。He walked into the sea and drowned himself...他投海自杀了。Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。2[VERB 动词]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.   [V in n]  [be V-ed]  [emphasis]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。...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们The potatoes were drowned in chilli.马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。3[VERB 动词]盖过，淹没(声音) If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.   [V n]  [V P n (not pron)]  [Also V n P]Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。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。Drown out means the same as drown .drown out 同 drownTheir cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators...他们的欢呼声盖过了示威者的抗议声。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。4[PHRASE 短语]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.   [V inflects]

英语单词	drown
英美音标	英 [draʊn] 美 [draʊn]
中文释义	vi.淹死 vt.淹死；淹没
英语例句	(1) The little girl drowned in the river. (2) If you can keep your head above water, you won't drown. (3) It is cruel to drown the cat in the river. (4) The band drowned our conversation.
中文例句	(1) 小女孩在河里淹死了。 (2) 如果能让头露出水面，你就不会被淹死。 (3) 把猫淹死在河里是件残忍的事。 (4) 乐队的演奏声把我们谈话的声音淹没了。
vocabulary简明	The verb drown means to die from inhaling water into the lungs and being unable to breathe. It is possible to drown in a small amount of water — even an inch or two in a bathtub.
vocabulary扩展	If you kill people by submerging your victims in liquid (especially water) until it fills their lungs and asphyxiates them, then you drown them. You can drown things in a less literal way as well. If you drink alcoholic beverages to forget your troubles, for example, you can say you're trying to "drown your sorrows." If you're submerged in a tidal wave of school assignments, then you are "drowning in work."
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（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. [V] [be V-ed] [V pron-refl] [V-ing] [Also V n] 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。 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。 Last night a boy was drowned in the river... 昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。 He walked into the sea and drowned himself... 他投海自杀了。 Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers. 据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。 2 [VERB 动词]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. [V in n] [be V-ed] [emphasis] 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。 ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt... 渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们 The potatoes were drowned in chilli. 马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。 3 [VERB 动词]盖过，淹没(声音) If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly. [V n] [V P n (not pron)] [Also V n P] Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment... 鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。 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。 Drown out means the same as drown .drown out 同 drown Their cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators... 他们的欢呼声盖过了示威者的抗议声。 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。 4 [PHRASE 短语]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. [V inflects]

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