Drown
[ draʊn ]
第2级
其它 Other
vt. 淹死;浸没;麻痹某人对…的意识;（一声音）淹没（另一声音）;
vi. 淹死;
📝 例句
Every bamboo blind was drown to keep out the relentless sun.
所有的竹帘都放下来，抵挡毒热的阳光。
It is no use trying to drown your sorrows in drink.
想借酒浇愁于事无补。
The noise of the stream could not drown the discussion with a turbulence.
涛声掩盖不住激烈的争论。
He tried insanely to drown himself in a two-foot pool of water.
他疯疯颠颠地企图在一个不到两尺深的水坑里自溺。
The boat drowned.
船沉没了。
🌱 联想助记
【串】猫王眼睁睁地看着brown(褐色的)crown(王冠)drown(沉没)到水底
【记】※ dr-拼音“敌人”,own-自己:敌人自己淹死了
※ crown-王冠,drown-淹死:戴着王冠的皇帝也会被淹死
※ down-向下,r-拼音“人”:一个人缓缓地沉了下去,也就是淹死了。
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
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（人或动物）
drown a kitten 溺死小猫.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (in sth) flood or drench sth 淹没或浸透某物
a drowned valley 淹没的山谷
He drowned his meal in gravy. 他把饭菜泡在肉汁里.
3 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sb/sth (out) (of a sound) be louder than (another sound) and prevent it being heard （指一声音）淹没（另一声音）
She turned up the radio to drown (out) the noise of the traffic. 她放大收音机的音量以压过来往车辆的嘈杂声.
4 (idm 习语) drown one's `sorrows (in drink) (esp joc 尤作戏谑语) get drunk in order to forget one's troubles 藉酒浇愁. (look) like a drowned `rat soaking wet and miserable 湿得像落汤鸡.
🎯 考研助记
d.own(向下)+r(人):人向下落水- 淹死
🔁 扩展释义
*[draun]vi. 淹死vt. 把...淹死, 淹没【法】 溺死, 淹溺, 溺杀相关词组: drown oneself in work drown out
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
查看全部高中词汇 ›🗣️ 情景例句
I kept out of their quarrel.
我不介入他们的争吵。
Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情。
She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae.
它抵达英国时比“塞姆皮雷”号晚了1个星期。