drown
verb /draʊn/
/draʊn/
动词形式
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they drown | /draʊn/ /draʊn/ |
he / she / it drowns | /draʊnz/ /draʊnz/ |
past simple drowned | /draʊnd/ /draʊnd/ |
past participle drowned | /draʊnd/ /draʊnd/ |
-ing form drowning | /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ |
(使)淹死,溺死 - Two children drowned after falling into the river.
两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。 - He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.
他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。 - drown somebody/something/yourself She tried to drown herself.
她试图投水自杀。 - They had drowned the unwanted kittens.
他们把没人要的小猫淹死了。 - be drowned He was drowned at sea.
他淹死在海里。
- She had been thrown into the harbour and left to drown.
她被扔进了港口,任其淹死。 - They were commended for saving a four-year-old from drowning.
他们因救了一名溺水的四岁儿童而受到表扬。
- Two children drowned after falling into the river.
- [transitive] drown something (in something) to make something very wet; to completely cover something in water or another liquid
synonym drench浸透;淹没;浸泡 - The fruit was drowned in cream.
水果在奶油里泡过。
- The fruit was drowned in cream.
- [transitive] drown somebody/something (out) (of a sound
) to be louder than other sounds so that you cannot hear them声音 压过;盖没;淹没 - She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door.
她开大了收音机的音量以压过隔壁房间的吵闹声。 - His words were drowned out by jeers and whistling.
他的话被嘲笑和口哨声淹没了。
- She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door.
词源Middle English (originally northern): related to Old Norse drukkna ‘to be drowned’, also to drink.
Idioms
drown your fears/loneliness/sorrows, etc.
- (especially humorous) to get drunk in order to forget your problems
借酒壮胆、解寂寞、浇愁等 - She opened a bottle of wine to drown her sorrows.
她打开一瓶酒借酒消愁。
- She opened a bottle of wine to drown her sorrows.