agroundKK [əˋgraʊnd] /əˈɡɹaʊnd/發音a- 在、處於+ground 地面→在地面上展開收合a-字首在、處於ground單字地面字面：在地面上船身碰到水底地面 → 擱淺。副詞1擱淺The tanker ran aground on a sandbank near the harbor.那艘油輪在港口附近的沙洲上擱淺了。2觸礁、失敗比喻The merger talks ran aground after months of delay.併購談判拖了好幾個月後終告觸礁。形容詞1擱淺的多用於名詞後Rescuers reached the boat aground on the rocks at dawn.救難人員在清晨抵達擱淺在礁岩上的那艘船。