drowns

英 [draʊnz] 美 [draʊnz]

v.  (使)淹死，溺死; 浸透; 淹没; 浸泡; 压过; 盖没
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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.
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    双语例句

    1. With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary visitors every season.
      因有流沙，往往每季都会有几个游客不小心在这条河里溺水身亡。
    2. Italy has made great strides in reforming its antiquated and dysfunctional tax and spend policy under the leadership of Mario Monti, but it has hardly moved the needle as the nation drowns in$ 2 trillion in debt.
      意大利在总理马里奥•蒙蒂的领导下，在改革过时、失灵的税收及支出政策上有了很大推进，但债务问题几乎毫无改观，这个国家依然在2万亿美元债务中挣扎。
    3. But too much dreaming sinks and drowns.
      但过分的梦想能使人灭顶下沉。
    4. There is something in water that drowns away all your troubles, even the greatest anxieties in your life.
      在水里，你会沉溺掉一切烦恼，即便是人生最大的焦虑。
    5. Anne: Carrol is such a coffee poser, she'll only fill her mug with coffee halfway before she drowns it in milk and sugar.
      安妮：卡罗尔又在喝咖啡装样子了，她只是在杯子里装了半杯咖啡，然后放进去半杯奶和糖。
    6. The relative subtlety stimulates the imagination, while casual obscenity drowns it out.
      含蓄的暗示会刺激人的想像，而随随便便的淫秽会将想像力淹没。
    7. Hot water scorches and drowns the roots of trees encroaching on the valleys.
      热水流淌并淹没了盘桓于整个山谷的树根。
    8. Huge surges cause severe flooding that demolishes buildings, washes out beaches and highways, and drowns people.
      巨大的涌浪引起剧烈的泛滥，从而摧毁房屋，冲坏海滩与公路，使人们惨遭灭顶之灾。
    9. The day, with the noise of this little earth, drowns the silence ofall worlds.
      白日以这小小的地球的喧扰，淹没了整个宇宙的沉默。
    10. An MP3 is a wise investment, as it allows you to listen only to your choice of music, and drowns out disagreeable loud noises common in the cities.
      MP3是一项有远见的发明，因为它不但可以让你只听自己喜欢的音乐，还能使声响压过往日城市里那些恼人又刺耳的噪音。
    11. Fame is like a river, that bears up things light and hollow, and drowns things weighty and solid.
      名誉的确好象一条河，能载轻浮中空之物而淹没沉重坚实之物。
    12. I am fond of promenading on a path so carpeted: even the rattling noise of high-heeled shoes drowns in its silence.
      我喜欢走在铺着这样地毯的小径上，没有了高跟鞋跟与地面的磕碰声。
    13. The insect is trapped and drowns in the water and digestive juices at the bottom of the pitcher.
      昆虫被围困，淹没在瓶状叶底部的水和消化液里。
    14. He drowns them here, then dumps them out there.
      他在这里淹死他们，然后丢他们入水。
    15. It does not appear to be coming from the primordial stars sought by the astronomers& indeed, it completely drowns out any signs of the early stars that were the object of the original quest.
      宇宙无线电背景好象不是来自这些天文学家们所搜寻的原始恒星，的确如此，因为它完全淹没了作为初始搜寻目标的早期恒星的迹象。
    16. The calming music, drowns out environmental noise, especially if it's mostly instrumental.
      轻音乐会掩盖周围的环境噪音，特别是器乐曲。
    17. Some say Victory, it is a river, That drowns the tender reed.
      有人说，成功是条河，容易将柔弱的芦草淹没。
    18. If the culture can't adjust and still drowns in technology, Japan will end up sinking into even deeper confusion.
      如果日本文化无法调适且仍沉溺于科技的光荣面，日本终将陷入更深的混乱之中。
    19. One vet has drowned his wife's dog, and later drowns her in a bathtub.
      比如一个退伍士兵淹死了妻子的狗，然后又在浴缸里淹死了自己的妻子。
    20. Some say love, it is a river, that drowns the tender reed.
      有人说，爱，是一条小河，淹没了柔嫩的芦苇。
    21. The excited chatter of the Chinese tourists in the faux Renaissance lobby of the Venetian Macao nearly drowns out the tour guides shepherding them to the main attraction in the hotel: the casino floor.
      在澳门威尼斯人度假村酒店（venetianmacao）仿文艺复兴风格的大堂里，中国内地游客兴奋的谈笑声，几乎盖过了率领他们前往赌场所在楼层的导游们的声音。
    22. Shouts of joy greet him from the breasts of all, and the clash of bells sounds to celebrate his triumphant return; but the clash of the bells of envy soon drowns the others.
      欢呼他的呼啸声如嘲水般从胸膛发出，庆祝他凯旋的钟声喧嚣不已，但随之而来的是足以淹没人的嫉妒的丧钟巨鸣。
    23. He, who is able to apply Tao to his deeds, never draws fire against himself and never drowns in water.
      能将道彻底地运用在行为之中的人，他绝不会引火烧身，也不会被水溺毙。
    24. As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond.
      至于狗，等他们老了，牙掉光了，琼斯就会用砖块系在他们的脖子上，沉入最近的池塘。
    25. She drowns in the floodwater.
      她先是被洪水溺死。
    26. He drowns himself in playing cards.
      他整天沉溺于打牌中。
    27. The sadness just drowns me.
      悲伤简直就要淹没我。
    28. When almost every single person you are close to dies in a fiery blaze or drowns in a massive tsunami, what would you do?
      当你深爱之人丧生滚滚岩浆或者超级大海啸，接着应该干嘛？
    29. You can always see drowns games of young people or even adults.
      你总能看到沉溺于游戏中的年轻人甚至成年人。
    30. People who long for material wealth beyond what is necessary for them are foolishly falling into a trap that drowns people in spiritual harm and destruction.
      那些渴望得到超过他们所需的物质财富的人，就无知地落入网罗，给自己的灵命造成伤害和毁灭。
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