1 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. （把…）淹死，溺死 [Also VERB n]
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Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat capsized during a storm. [VERB]
他们的船在暴风雨中倾覆后有 48 人溺亡。
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A child can drown in only a few inches of water. [VERB]
儿童在只有几英寸深的水中就可能溺亡。
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Last night a boy was drowned in the river. [be VERB-ed]
昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。
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He walked into the sea and drowned himself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
他投海自杀了。
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Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers. [VERB-ing]
据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
2 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. 淹没（于…中）；置身（于…中） [emphasis]
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We were drowning in data but starved of information. [VERB in noun]
我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。
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...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt. [VERB + in]
渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
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The potatoes were drowned in chilli. [be VERB-ed]
马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
3 VERB 盖过,淹没(声音) If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly. 盖过,淹没(声音) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
Drown out means the same as
drown .
4 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. 借酒浇愁
Quotations
I was much farther out than you thought
And not waving but drowning Stevie Smith Not Waving But Drowning
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