| 单词 | submerge |
| 释义 | submerge (once / 1158 pages) v When you go swimming, you submerge your body in water. If your head is out of the water, it is not submerged — it's just wet. To really soak a washcloth, you should submerge it in a basin of water. It is said that the word submerge was invented by William Shakespeare. We don't know that for sure, but we know that its appearance in the play Antony and Cleopatra is the first recorded time the word was written, and therefore read, by anyone. WORD FAMILYsubmerge: submerged, submergence, submerges, submergible, submerging, submersible+/submergence: submergences/submergible: nonsubmergible/submersible: nonsubmersible, submersibles USAGE EXAMPLESPolice say the vehicle became nearly completely submerged and two occupants were trapped. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But submerging your sorrows by binging on Fisher’s most famous appearances won’t be cheap. Time(Dec 27, 2016) The sheriff’s office aviation and marine units responded to search for the submerged vehicle and occupants. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1v put under water submerge your head completely Syn|Hyper submerse immerse, plunge thrust or throw into 2v cover completely or make imperceptible Syn|Hyper drown, overwhelm cover, spread over form a cover over 3v fill or cover completely, usually with water Syn|Hyper deluge, inundate flood cover with liquid, usually water 4v sink below the surface; go under or as if under water Syn|Hypo|Hyper submerse dive plunge into water belly-flopdive so that one hits the water with one's belly jackknifedive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife go down, go under, settle, sink go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
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