drowning

1. V-T/V-I When someone drowns or is drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe. 溺死

A child can drown in only a few inches of water. 兒童在僅僅幾英寸深的水中就能溺死。

Last night a boy was drowned in the river. 昨晚一名男孩在那條河里溺水身亡。

2. V-I If you say that a person or thing is drowning in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it. 淹沒于[強調(diào)]

...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt. …逐漸發(fā)現(xiàn)自己深陷債務的人們。

3. V-T If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly. (一聲音) 蓋過 (另一聲音)

Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment. 掌聲蓋過了發(fā)言人的說話聲有一陣兒。

4. PHRASAL VERB Drown out means the same as drown. 淹沒 (同drown)

Their cheers drowned out the protests of demonstrators. 他們的歡呼聲淹沒了示威者的抗議。

5. PHRASE If you say that someone is drowning their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them. 借酒澆愁

Carly drowned her sorrows in vodka cocktails at a South Beach nightclub. 卡莉在一家南海灘夜總會喝伏特加雞尾酒借以消愁。