Drown
[draʊn]
解释:
(verb.) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; 'The child drowned in the lake'.
(verb.) get rid of as if by submerging; 'She drowned her trouble in alcohol'.
(verb.) kill by submerging in water; 'He drowned the kittens'.
手打:撒迪厄斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
(v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
(v. t.) To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.
(v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.
手打:撒迪厄斯
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Kill by immersing.[2]. Overflow, inundate, deluge, overwhelm, flood.[3]. Overcome, overpower.
v. n. Be drowned.
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解释:
v.t. to drench or sink in water: to kill by placing under water: to overpower: to extinguish.—v.t. to be suffocated in water.
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例句:
- She might talk on; and if he wanted to say any thing himself, he would only talk louder, and drown her voice. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- I hung to the willow branch and did not have strength to pull myself up but I knew I would not drown now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- You can't drown Me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- It had never occurred to me on the timber that I might drown. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- My lord, I was just going to drown myself, therefore pray do not leave me here alone. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I am sure Alcibiades and his friends would be delighted to drown us like rats if they could. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- To drown care on this terrible occasion, I went to pay Nugent, Luttrell, and Amy a visit, all under one. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- It is I who ought to have drowned myself. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Leave this island before nightfall, or, by heaven, I will have you drowned like the rat you are! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- I guess they were all drowned. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- You can't be drowned? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- All this was seen in a moment, as the vision of a drowning man, or of any human creature at any very great pass, could see a world if it were there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- I've been brought out o' drowning, and I can't be drowned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The drowning man catches at the straw. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- For many weeks I thought of poison, and then of drowning, and then of fire. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I take a last drowning look at the page as I give it into her hand, and start off aloud at a racing pace while I have got it fresh. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- This frequent rising of a drowning man from the deep, to sink again, was dreadful to the beholders. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The Sea which drowns the rest will spare me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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