drown

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vi. 淹死

vt. 淹死；淹没

过去式：drowned 过去分词：drowned 现在分词：drowning 第三人称单数：drowns

近义词：sink，submerge，immerse，inundate，godown，gounder，die，drench，soak，swamp，saturate，flood，cover，shower，mask，obscure，hide，overlie，overwhelm，swim，

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vt. & vi. (使)淹没,(使)溺死 die in water; cover completely with water, especially by a rise in the water level

Verb

cover completely or make imperceptible;
"I was drowned in work" "The noise drowned out her speech"
get rid of as if by submerging;
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating;
"The child drowned in the lake"
kill by submerging in water;
"He drowned the kittens"
be covered with or submerged in a liquid;
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"

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drown

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这个孩子昨晚掉在河里淹死了。
误 The boy fell into the river and drowned to the death last night.
正 The boy fell into the river and was drowned last night.
析drown本身含有“死”的概念,所以加to the death是多余的。

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