submerge
verb /səbˈmɜːdʒ/
/səbˈmɜːrdʒ/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they submerge | /səbˈmɜːdʒ/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒ/ |
| he / she / it submerges | /səbˈmɜːdʒɪz/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒɪz/ |
| past simple submerged | /səbˈmɜːdʒd/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒd/ |
| past participle submerged | /səbˈmɜːdʒd/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒd/ |
| -ing form submerging | /səbˈmɜːdʒɪŋ/ /səbˈmɜːrdʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put something or make something go under the surface of water or liquid
（使）潜入水中，没入水中，浸没，淹没 - The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.
潜水艇没等军舰靠近就及时潜入水下了。 - be submerged (by something) The fields had been submerged by floodwater.
农田被洪水淹没了。 - Her submerged car was discovered in the river by police divers.
她被河水淹没的汽车给警方的潜水员找到了。 - submerge something/yourself Hippopotamuses cool down by submerging themselves in water.
河马通过潜入水中来降温。
- The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.
- [transitive] submerge something to hide ideas, feelings, opinions, etc. completely
湮没，湮灭，掩盖（思想、感情等） - Doubts that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced.
她心里早已湮灭的疑团突然又浮现出来。
- Doubts that had been submerged in her mind suddenly resurfaced.
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.