drown
/draʊn/verb
no obj.
1- die through submersion in and inhalation of water淹死, 溺死：
a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay
她的汽车从码头边冲入水中, 驾车者溺死。
(be drowned) two fishermen were drowned when their motor boat capsized.
摩托艇倾覆时, 船上的两名渔民淹死了。
1.1
- with obj. deliberately kill (a person or animal) in this way将…溺毙, 使溺死, 使淹死：
he killed his wife then drowned himself in a fit of despair.
他杀死了自己的妻子, 然后在绝望中投河自杀。
1.2
- with obj. submerge or flood (an area)浸没, 淹没：
when the ice melted the valleys were drowned.
冰融化时, 谷地遭淹。
1.3
- with obj.(of a sound) make (another sound) inaudible by being much louder（一声音）盖过（另一声音）：
his voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
他的嗓音被越来越近的发动机的噪声淹没了。
1.4
- no obj.
be drowning in
be overwhelmed by a large amount of something淹没于（或受困于）大量的某物中： both business and household sectors are drowning in debt
商业和家政两大部门都债台高筑
art dealers are still drowning in a sea of paperwork.
艺术商们仍然疲于应付海量的文书工作。
1.5
- with obj.(drown something in) cover or immerse food in给食物盖（浇头）; 把食物浸泡在…中：
good pizza is not eight inches thick and drowned in tomato sauce.
好的比萨饼厚度不到八英寸, 而且浇满了番茄酱。
短语
drown one's sorrows
- forget one's problems by getting drunk借酒浇愁。
like a drowned rat
- extremely wet and bedraggled像落汤鸡一样：
she arrived at the church looking like a drowned rat.
她到达教堂时看上去就像落汤鸡一样。
词源
Middle English (originally northern)： related to Old Norse drukkna 'to be drowned', also to DRINK.