drowns

英 [draʊnz]

美 [draʊnz]

v.  (使)淹死，溺死; 浸透; 淹没; 浸泡; 压过; 盖没
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （把…）淹死，溺死
  When someonedrownsoris drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.
  1. Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat capsized during a storm...
     他们的船在暴风雨中倾覆后有 48 人溺亡。
  2. A child can drown in only a few inches of water...
     儿童在只有几英寸深的水中就可能溺亡。
  3. Last night a boy was drowned in the river...
     昨晚一名男孩在河里溺亡。
  4. He walked into the sea and drowned himself...
     他投海自杀了。
  5. Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
     据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
• VERB 淹没（于…中）；置身（于…中）
  If you say that a person or thingis drowning insomething, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.
  1. We were drowning in data but starved of information.
     我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。
  2. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...
     渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
  3. The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
     马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• VERB 盖过,淹没(声音)
  If somethingdrownsa sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.
  1. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
     鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
  2. The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.
     到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。
  3. Drown outmeans the same asdrown.
     drown out 同 drown
  4. Their cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators...
     他们的欢呼声盖过了示威者的抗议声。
  5. Her voice was drowned out by a loud crash.
     她的声音被一声响亮的撞击声所淹没。
• 借酒浇愁
  If you say that someoneis drowningtheirsorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.

双语例句

• The sadness just drowns me.
  悲伤简直就要淹没我。
• Italy has made great strides in reforming its antiquated and dysfunctional tax and spend policy under the leadership of Mario Monti, but it has hardly moved the needle as the nation drowns in$ 2 trillion in debt.
  意大利在总理马里奥•蒙蒂的领导下，在改革过时、失灵的税收及支出政策上有了很大推进，但债务问题几乎毫无改观，这个国家依然在2万亿美元债务中挣扎。
• But too much dreaming sinks and drowns.
  但过分的梦想能使人灭顶下沉。
• I am fond of promenading on a path so carpeted: even the rattling noise of high-heeled shoes drowns in its silence.
  我喜欢走在铺着这样地毯的小径上，没有了高跟鞋跟与地面的磕碰声。
• There is something in water that drowns away all your troubles, even the greatest anxieties in your life.
  在水里，你会沉溺掉一切烦恼，即便是人生最大的焦虑。
• As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond.
  至于狗，等他们老了，牙掉光了，琼斯就会用砖块系在他们的脖子上，沉入最近的池塘。
• The day, with the noise of this little earth, drowns the silence ofall worlds.
  白日以这小小的地球的喧扰，淹没了整个宇宙的沉默。
• You can always see drowns games of young people or even adults.
  你总能看到沉溺于游戏中的年轻人甚至成年人。
• Anne: Carrol is such a coffee poser, she'll only fill her mug with coffee halfway before she drowns it in milk and sugar.
  安妮：卡罗尔又在喝咖啡装样子了，她只是在杯子里装了半杯咖啡，然后放进去半杯奶和糖。
• Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and hollow, and drowns things weighty and solid.
  名誉的确好象一条河，能载轻浮中空之物而淹没沉重坚实之物。