| 释义 |
drown/draʊn/v. 1 tr. & intr. kill or be killed by submersion in liquid (使)溺死; (使)淹死 2 tr. submerge; flood; drench 沉浸于；淹没；浸没 drowned the fields in six feet of water 土地淹没在 6 英尺深的水下 3 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 in) deaden (grief etc.) with drink 借酒驱除(忧愁等) drowned his sorrows in whisky 他借饮威士忌酒浇愁 4 tr. (often foll. by 常后跟 out) make (a sound) inaudible by means of a louder sound (用更高的声音)压过，盖过 □ drown out drive out by flood (洪水)使得(居民)搬家 □ like a drowned rat colloq. extremely wet and bedraggled [口]满身湿透 [Middle English (originally northern) drun(e), droun(e), related to Old Norse drukkna ‘be drowned’, from the Germanic base of DRINK] |