英语词汇“drown”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	drown
释义	drown \ˈdrau̇n\ verb (drowned \-nd\ ; or nonstandard drownd·ed \-ndə̇d\ ; drowned or nonstandard drownded ; drown·ing \-niŋ\ ; or nonstandard drownd·ing \-ndiŋ\ ; drowns \-nz\ ; or nonstandard drownds \-n(d)z\) Etymology: Middle English drunen, drounen, probably alteration of drunknen, from Old English druncnian; akin to Old Norse drukna to drown; inchoatives from the root of English drink — more at drink *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to suffocate in water or some other liquid < fell in the water and drowned > b. : to suffocate because of excess of body fluid that interferes with the passage of oxygen from the lung to the tissues (as in pulmonary edema) 2. of things : to sink in water or some other liquid and become submerged < the boat drowned but we were saved > : become flooded : lie under water impounded by a dam < many towns drown — A.W.Baum > 3. a. : to become overpowered by or come completely under the influence of something (as an emotion or idea) < drowning in bliss — Ellen Glasgow > < drowning in self-condemnation — Marcia Davenport > b. : to swoon or have the senses reel (as under the influence of strong emotion) < stare on beauty till his senses drown — Edna S. V. Millay > < a passionate, knowing, drowning experience — Irwin Shaw > c. : to experience extreme difficulty or perplexity < drowned in extracurricular paperwork > < drowning in the intricacies of calculus > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to suffocate by submersion in water or some other liquid < drowned three kittens > < drowned himself in the river > b. : to submerge especially by a rise of the water level or by a sinking of the land < the river overflowed, drowning whole villages > < a movement of the sea drowned the lower ends of the valleys > c. : to sink (an object) in water or some other liquid : send to the bottom < deeper than ever did plummet sound I'll drown my book — Shakespeare > : immerse in water < drown the nitrated sheets in water at 40° C > d. : to wet thoroughly : cover with moisture : soak, drench < a heavy rain, soaking cartridges and drowning powder horns > < drowned the fish in a rich sauce > 2. : to engage (oneself) deeply or strenuously < drowned himself in work > — used with in 3. : to cause (a sound) not to be heard by making a loud noise — often used with out < a clamor of denials drowned out the landlord — T.B.Costain > 4. a. : to drive out (as a sensation or an idea) : extinguish < the smell of coffee drowned the spruce smell and the sea smell — Willa Cather > < their system tends to drown initiative — Andrew Buchanan > : repress < try to drown their fundamental instincts — Paul Blanshard > : extinguish by merging in something else < drowned the main issue in a general debate > b. : to tower over : overwhelm : reduce to insignificance < a personality that drowned all who stood beside him > : stun, dazzle < vistas that drown the imagination > c. : to drive from the memory or consciousness — often used in the phrase drown one's sorrows < tried to drown his sorrows in liquor > • - drown the shamrock
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