- 使溺死，使淹死：
The boat sank,drowning all the passengers.
小船沉没了，淹死了所有乘客。
The boater drowned the passenger.
船夫溺毙了乘客。
The boy drowned the kittens.
男孩把小猫淹死了。
- (洪水)淹没，浸没：
The fields and houses were drowned by the floods.
洪水淹没了田地和房屋。
The crops were drowned by the heavy rainfall.
庄稼被滂沱大雨浸没了。
- 驱散，消除，摆脱，消(愁)，解(闷)：
She drowned her sorrow in drink.
她借酒消愁。
Jack was drowning his sorrows in a bottle of whiskey.
杰克借酒消愁。
- (声音等)盖过，盖没，压过，淹没(常与 out 连用)：
Her voice was drowned by the roar of the traffic.
她的说话声被车辆的轰鸣声压倒了。
The pianist was irked because the audience's coughing drowned out his playing.
这名钢琴演奏者很厌烦，因为听众的咳嗽声盖过了他的演奏。
- 给(酒、食品等)加入过量的水(或液体)；冲淡：
to drown whiskey
冲淡威士忌
- 压倒，超过(与 in 连用)：
The company was drowned in bad debts.
这家公司被坏账所压倒。
- 使沉浸于(与 in 连用)：
The old movie star was drowned in mink.
那位老电影明星沉浸于时髦漂亮的女郎。
- (加水)使(石灰)熟化