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单词 to drown out
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to drown out
b. to drown out: to put or drive out by inundation; to stop (works, etc.) or drive (people, etc.) from their habitation by flooding.
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1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) i. iii Chilion fished, hunted, laid traps for foxes, drowned out woodchucks.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 The [Severn Tunnel] works were constantly ‘drowned out’.
1890 S. W. Baker Wild Beasts I. 186 During inundations the islands are frequently drowned out.
1894 Daily News 23 Nov. 6/7 Deserted cottages, whose tenants had..been ‘drowned out’.
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