aground
/əˈgraʊnd/adjective & adverb
- (with reference to a ship) on or on to the bottom in shallow water（船）搁浅（的）：
as adv. the ships must slow to avoid running aground船只必须减速以防搁浅
as predic. adj. a cargo ship aground in the Pentland Firth.在彭特兰湾搁浅的一艘货轮。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'on the ground'）： from A- 2'on'+GROUND1.