drownedadj.

/draʊnd/

Forms: Also drownded (now vulgar)

Etymology: < drown v. + -ed suffix¹.

a. Killed by submersion in water.

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the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from drowning

drowneda1300

drenta1350

drencheda1400

ydreynt1426

drowning1488

ydrownd1603

spent1626

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1886 A druned beist þar lai flettand.

1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 212 A drenched and almost drowned man.

1774 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 3) liv. 682 The society for the recovery of drowned persons.

1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 5/2 Relatives of drowned passengers.

b. like, as wet as, a drowned rat: in a thoroughly soaked and dripping condition.

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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > very wet [phrase]

like, as wet as, a drowned ratc1500

wet as muck1691

c1500 Blowbols Test. 31 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 He lokyd furyous as a wyld catt, And pale of hew like a drowned ratte.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 180^v An hedde he had..Three heares on a side, like a drouned ratte.

1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 84 I got on shoare as wet as a drowned Rat.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 70 The Storm..drencht us all like so many drowned Rats.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 17 Take Pity on poor Miss; don't throw Water on a drownded Rat.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 240 I was dragged out of a river like a drowned rat.

1813 I. Pocock Miller & his Men i. iii. 15 Looking as melancholy as a mourning coach in a snow storm, at the foot of a tree as wet as a drowned rat—so stir up the fire, bless you.

1880 M. Allan-Olney New Virginians II. 229 Looking like the drowndest of drowned rats.

1993 Newsweek 29 Mar. 65/1 When we first see the heroine, now called Maggie,..she's a vicious, drug-addicted punkette, as glamorous as a drowned rat.

2. Submerged; flooded, deluged, inundated. spec. in Physical Geography: designating a valley or other land-form that is partly or wholly under water as a result of a (permanent) change in the relative levels of land and sea (or lake).

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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > [adjective]

sunken1578

sunka1584

drowned1616

underwater1627

submersed1684

submerged1697

whelmeda1821

1616 Norden Surv. Kirton in Lindsey 17 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. There is much drowned lande.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 46 The Measure of their yearly drounded Lands.

1865 H. Dircks Life Marquis Worcester 538 The Mineral wealth was drowned treasure.

1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ix. 292 A drowned line is too often a lost fish.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Drowned-level (Mining), a depressed level or drainage-gallery in a mine, which acts on the principle of an inverted syphon.

1889 W. M. Davis in National Geographic Mag. I. 213 The antithesis of this is the effect of depression, by which the lower course may be drowned, flooded or fjorded.]

1902 Ld. Avebury Scenery of Eng. iv. 125 When the land is sinking..the drowned river-valleys make the coast irregular and complicated.

1902 Geol. Atlas U.S. lxxxiii. 17/2 Both types belong to the class known among physiographers as drowned shores, a designation which signifies that they are more deeply submerged now than they were at some shortly preceding epoch.

1908 Geol. Atlas U.S. clviii. 1/3 A subsidence of the coast has transformed the lower portions of the old river valleys into deep marine channels... A shore line exhibiting these characteristics is termed a ‘drowned coast’.

1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xxi. 354 The drowned river valleys or rias of South-western Ireland.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 11 The northern part of Lake Victoria, with its numerous drowned valleys.

1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation v. 126 Superficially similar phenomena, sometimes classed as fjords (but simply ‘drowned valleys’), occur in regions which have never been glaciated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drowned
释义	drownedadj. /draʊnd/ Forms: Also drownded (now vulgar) Etymology: < drown v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Killed by submersion in water. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from drowning drowneda1300 drenta1350 drencheda1400 ydreynt1426 drowning1488 ydrownd1603 spent1626 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1886 A druned beist þar lai flettand. 1660 J. Gauden Mem. Bp. Brounrigg 212 A drenched and almost drowned man. 1774 W. Buchan Domest. Med. (ed. 3) liv. 682 The society for the recovery of drowned persons. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 20 June 5/2 Relatives of drowned passengers. b. like, as wet as, a drowned rat: in a thoroughly soaked and dripping condition. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > very wet [phrase] like, as wet as, a drowned ratc1500 wet as muck1691 c1500 Blowbols Test. 31 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 93 He lokyd furyous as a wyld catt, And pale of hew like a drowned ratte. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 180^v An hedde he had..Three heares on a side, like a drouned ratte. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) viii. 84 I got on shoare as wet as a drowned Rat. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iv. 70 The Storm..drencht us all like so many drowned Rats. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 17 Take Pity on poor Miss; don't throw Water on a drownded Rat. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 240 I was dragged out of a river like a drowned rat. 1813 I. Pocock Miller & his Men i. iii. 15 Looking as melancholy as a mourning coach in a snow storm, at the foot of a tree as wet as a drowned rat—so stir up the fire, bless you. 1880 M. Allan-Olney New Virginians II. 229 Looking like the drowndest of drowned rats. 1993 Newsweek 29 Mar. 65/1 When we first see the heroine, now called Maggie,..she's a vicious, drug-addicted punkette, as glamorous as a drowned rat. 2. Submerged; flooded, deluged, inundated. spec. in Physical Geography: designating a valley or other land-form that is partly or wholly under water as a result of a (permanent) change in the relative levels of land and sea (or lake). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > [adjective] sunken1578 sunka1584 drowned1616 underwater1627 submersed1684 submerged1697 whelmeda1821 1616 Norden Surv. Kirton in Lindsey 17 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. There is much drowned lande. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. ii. i. 46 The Measure of their yearly drounded Lands. 1865 H. Dircks Life Marquis Worcester 538 The Mineral wealth was drowned treasure. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ix. 292 A drowned line is too often a lost fish. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Drowned-level (Mining), a depressed level or drainage-gallery in a mine, which acts on the principle of an inverted syphon. 1889 W. M. Davis in National Geographic Mag. I. 213 The antithesis of this is the effect of depression, by which the lower course may be drowned, flooded or fjorded.] 1902 Ld. Avebury Scenery of Eng. iv. 125 When the land is sinking..the drowned river-valleys make the coast irregular and complicated. 1902 Geol. Atlas U.S. lxxxiii. 17/2 Both types belong to the class known among physiographers as drowned shores, a designation which signifies that they are more deeply submerged now than they were at some shortly preceding epoch. 1908 Geol. Atlas U.S. clviii. 1/3 A subsidence of the coast has transformed the lower portions of the old river valleys into deep marine channels... A shore line exhibiting these characteristics is termed a ‘drowned coast’. 1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xxi. 354 The drowned river valleys or rias of South-western Ireland. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 11 The northern part of Lake Victoria, with its numerous drowned valleys. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation v. 126 Superficially similar phenomena, sometimes classed as fjords (but simply ‘drowned valleys’), occur in regions which have never been glaciated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1300
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