drown

动词

1. 1

   溺死、淹死、溺毙

   He drowned while swimming alone in the river last summer.

   去年夏天他独自在河里游泳时溺死了。

2. 2

   把……淹死、溺毙

   The farmer was accused of drowning unwanted kittens in a bucket.

   那名农夫被指控把不要的小猫溺死在水桶里。

3. 3

   淹没、浸没、冲毁常用被动

   The whole valley was drowned when they built the dam.

   水坝建成后，整座山谷都被淹没了。

4. 4

   淋满、浇满口语

   She drowned her pancakes in maple syrup.

   她在松饼上淋满了枫糖浆。

5. 5

   淹没、埋没、压得喘不过气多用于进行式

   I'm drowning in paperwork and can't take on more clients.

   我被文书工作淹没了，没办法再接更多客户。

片语动词

1. 1

   盖过、压过

   The noise of the drills drowned out our conversation completely.

   电钻的噪音完全盖过了我们的谈话。

片语

1. 1

   借酒浇愁口语

   After the breakup he spent the weekend drowning his sorrows.

   分手后他整个周末都在借酒浇愁。

相关片语

• drown out