词典释义：
die through submersion in and inhalation of water
淹死，溺死
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a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay 她的汽车从码头边冲入水中，驾车者溺死。
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(
be drowned )two fishermen were drowned when their motor boat capsized. 摩托艇倾覆时，船上的两名渔民淹死了。
[with obj.]deliberately kill (a person or animal) in this way
将…溺毙，使溺死，使淹死
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he killed his wife then drowned himself in a fit of despair. 他杀死了自己的妻子，然后在绝望中投河自杀。
[with obj.]submerge or flood (an area)
浸没，淹没
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when the ice melted the valleys were drowned. 冰融化时，谷地遭淹。
[with obj.](of a sound)make (another sound) inaudible by being much louder
（一声音）盖过（另一声音）
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his voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise. 他的嗓音被越来越近的发动机的噪声淹没了。
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淹没于（或受困于）大量的某物中
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both business and household sectors are drowning in debt 商业和家政两大部门都债台高筑
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art dealers are still drowning in a sea of paperwork. 艺术商们仍然疲于应付海量的文书工作。
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给食物盖（浇头）；把食物浸泡在…中
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good pizza is not eight inches thick and drowned in tomato sauce .好的比萨饼厚度不到八英寸，而且浇满了番茄酱。
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drown one's sorrows forget one's problems by getting drunk 借酒浇愁 -
like a drowned rat extremely wet and bedraggled 像落汤鸡一样she arrived at the church looking like a drowned rat. 她到达教堂时看上去就像落汤鸡一样
"Middle English （originally northern）： related to Old Norse
