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

• 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。
• Will you come save me if I am drowning?
  如果我溺水了你们回来救我吗？
• You know, a couple was drowning.
  你知道的，有一对夫妻溺水了。
• I began to feel like I was treading water, instead of drowning in it.
  我开始感到像是踏在了水面上，而不是被水淹没。
• 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。
• Maybe it was because I was drowning.
  或许是因为我当时快要溺水了。
• Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
  据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
• He saved the little girl from drowning at the cost of her own life.
  他以牺牲了自己的生命，救了溺水的小姑娘。
• APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
  亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。
• He was within an inch of drowning.
  他险些淹死。