drown
v
1
(a) [I, Ipr] die in water (or other liquid) because one is unable to breathe 淹死; 溺死
a drowning man 快要淹死的人.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
kill (a person or animal) in this way 溺死(人或動物)
drown a kitten 溺死小貓.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (in sth) flood or drench sth 淹沒或浸透某物
a drowned valley 淹沒的山谷
He drowned his meal in gravy. 他把飯菜泡在肉汁里.
3 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sb/sth (out) (of a sound) be louder than (another sound) and prevent it being heard (指一聲音)淹沒(另一聲音)
She turned up the radio to drown (out) the noise of the traffic. 她放大收音機的音量以壓過來往車輛的嘈雜聲.
4 (idm 習(xí)語) drown one's `sorrows (in drink) (esp joc 尤作戲謔語) get drunk in order to forget one's troubles 藉酒澆愁. (look) like a drowned `rat soaking wet and miserable 濕得像落湯雞.
?? 考研助記
d.own(向下)+r(人):人向下落水- 淹死
?? 擴展釋義
*[draun]vi. 淹死vt. 把...淹死, 淹沒【法】 溺死, 淹溺, 溺殺相關(guān)詞組: drown oneself in work drown out
?? 同詞根單詞
draftn. 匯票;草稿;選派;(尤指房間、煙囪、爐子等供暖系統(tǒng)中的)(小股)氣流;
vt. 起草;制定;征募;
vi. 擬稿;繪樣;作草圖;
adj. 初步畫出或(寫出)的;(設(shè)計、草圖、提綱或版本)正在起草中的,草擬的;以草稿形式的;草圖的;
stableadj. 穩(wěn)定的;沉穩(wěn)[持重]的;[物理學(xué)]穩(wěn)定平衡的;持久的;
n. 廄,馬廄,馬棚,牛棚;畜舍;統(tǒng)稱某人擁有(或訓(xùn)練的)賽馬;在同一地方工作或訓(xùn)練的)一批人;
vt. 使關(guān)進畜舍(或馬廄、牛棚等),使放入馬廄般的室內(nèi);
vi. 被關(guān)在畜舍內(nèi),(人)生活在廄一般的地方;