drowned

英 [draʊnd]

美 [draʊnd]

v.  (使)淹死，溺死; 浸透; 淹没; 浸泡; 压过; 盖没
drown的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：drowned　过去式：drowned　

BNC.21696 / COCA.23774

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

• He drowned in a boating quote 'accident' unquote
  他在一次所谓的翻船“事故”中溺亡。
• A man fell from the bridge and drowned.
  有人从这座桥上掉下去淹死了。
• Then he drowned, and he went to heaven.
  后来他淹死了，上了天堂。
• He drowned his cares [ sorrows] in wine [ drink].
  他藉酒浇愁。
• The flood wrought havoc and drowned the villages.
  洪水肆虐，村落沦陷。
• The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
  马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
• They said he'd been held under the water and drowned
  他们说他被按到水里淹死了。
• He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas
  他在汹涌的海浪中挣扎了30分钟后淹死了。
• When he was fishing off the island he was caught in a storm and almost drowned
  他出岛捕鱼时，赶上一场暴风雨，差点淹死。
• The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.
  洪水来势凶猛，很快这个城市就被淹没了。