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

  1. V-ERG (把…)淹死,溺死
    When someone drowns or is 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。
  2. VERB 淹没(于…中);置身(于…中)
    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.
    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。
  3. VERB 盖过,淹没(声音)
    If something drowns a 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 out means the same as drown .
      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。
  4. 借酒浇愁
    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.

    双语例句

    1. 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。
    2. 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。
    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. The potatoes were drowned in chilli.
      马铃薯完全被辣椒盖住了。
    6. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment
      鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
    7. 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。
    8. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson
      他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中,溺水身亡。
    9. 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。
    10. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain.
      他在西班牙海岸附近的一次海难中溺水身亡。
    11. They said he'd been held under the water and drowned
      他们说他被按到水里淹死了。
    12. He drowned in a boating quote 'accident' unquote
      他在一次所谓的翻船“事故”中溺亡。
    13. She drowned herself in a well.
      她投井自尽。
    14. He drowned his cares [ sorrows] in wine [ drink].
      他藉酒浇愁。
    15. He was wet all over like a drowned rat.
      他浑身湿得像只落汤鸡。
    16. Cheers drowned his shouting.
      欢呼声盖过了他的叫声。
    17. The flood wrought havoc and drowned the villages.
      洪水肆虐,村落沦陷。
    18. 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。
    19. He was drowned while trying to rescue a girl in the river.
      他在救落在河里的女孩时淹死了。
    20. A man fell from the bridge and drowned.
      有人从这座桥上掉下去淹死了。
    21. The car fell over a cliff and the driver was drowned.
      轿车从悬崖上翻下来,司机溺水而亡。
    22. I was nearly drowned last night, but was fortunate enough to be saved.
      我昨天夜里差一点淹死,但真走运,有人把我救了。
    23. I had a nightmare about being drowned in a lake.
      我做了个在湖里淹死的噩梦。
    24. The man and the horse who fell into the river were drowned.
      掉进河里的人和马都淹死了。
    25. Had he not saved me, I might have been drowned.
      要不是他救了我,我可能溺死了。
    26. A boy was drowned this morning.
      有个男孩今天早上淹死了。
    27. He was drunk, he* Crashed and drowned.
      他喝醉了,然后坠落淹死了。
    28. Then he drowned, and he went to heaven.
      后来他淹死了,上了天堂。