drowning

英 [ˈdraʊnɪŋ]

美 [ˈdraʊnɪŋ]

v.  (使)淹死，溺死; 浸透; 淹没; 浸泡; 压过; 盖没
drown的现在分词

现在分词：drowning　复数：drownings　

医学

BNC.18667 / COCA.15399

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

• They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.
  他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她。
• I was nearly drowned through the drowning boy clinging to my neck.
  由于那个溺水的孩子紧紧抱住我的脖子，我差点给淹死了。
• Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
  据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
• It's like I was drowning, and you saved me.
  好像我在堕落，你拯救了我。
• Without hesitation, she leapt into the water and saved the drowning child.
  她果敢地跳入水中，救起溺水的孩子。
• He jumped into the river to save the drowning man.
  他跳进河里，去救将要淹死的人。
• In today's newspaper there is an article about how he rescured a child from drowning.
  他抢救落水儿童的事迹今天上报了。
• Maybe it was because I was drowning.
  或许是因为我当时快要溺水了。
• The girl should be commended for her bravery in saving the drowning child.
  那姑娘抢救落水儿童的勇敢行为应该受到表扬。
• The drowning at Chappaquiddick, now more than 20 years ago, is still engraved in the collective memory of America.
  直至今日，二十几年前的查帕奎迪克溺亡事件仍然铭记在全体美国人心中。