| 单词 | drown |
| 释义 | drown v. 1. tr. & intr. kill or be killed by submersion in liquid. 2. tr. submerge; flood; drench (drowned the fields in six feet of water). 3. tr. (often foll. by in) deaden (grief etc.) with drink (drowned his sorrows in drink). 4. tr. (often foll. by out) make (a sound) inaudible by means of a louder sound. Phrases and idioms drowned valley a valley partly or wholly submerged by a change in land-levels. drown out drive out by flood. like a drowned rat colloq. extremely wet and bedraggled. Etymology: ME (orig. north.) drun(e), droun(e), perh. f. OE drunian (unrecorded), rel. to DRINK |
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