单词 | to drown out |
释义 | > as lemmasto drown out b. to drown out: to put or drive out by inundation; to stop (works, etc.) or drive (people, etc.) from their habitation by flooding. ΚΠ 1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) i. iii Chilion fished, hunted, laid traps for foxes, drowned out woodchucks. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 The [Severn Tunnel] works were constantly ‘drowned out’. 1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. 186 During inundations the islands are frequently drowned out. 1894 Daily News 23 Nov. 6/7 Deserted cottages, whose tenants had..been ‘drowned out’. < as lemmas |
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