"I was drowned in work"
"The noise drowned out her speech"
"She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
"The child drowned in the lake"
"He drowned the kittens"
"the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy"
1.（把…）淹死，溺死
When someonedrowns oris drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.
e.g. 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。
e.g. A child candrown in only a few inches of water...
儿童在只有几英寸深的水中就可能溺亡。
2.淹没（于…中）；置身（于…中）
If you say that a person or thingis drowning in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.
drown
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...
渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
3.盖过,淹没(声音)
If somethingdrowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.
e.g. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
e.g. 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。
4.借酒浇愁
If you say that someoneis drowning theirsorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.
drown在线翻译
1. 溺水：朱诺特.迪亚兹出生在多米尼加,6岁移民美国,在家境贫寒的情况下进入耶鲁大学,凭小说集<>(drown)一举成名,此后,他虽新作不多,但获奖却不少,曾获过全美书评人协会奖,<>年度选书等奖,
2. 淹没：dig 挖 |drown 淹没 | composition 写作
3. drown
3. 溺死：drover 牲畜贩子 |drown 溺死 |drowning 溺死
小女孩在河里淹死了。
If you can keep your head above water, you won't drown.如果能让头露出水面，你就不会被淹死。
It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.把猫淹死在河里是件残忍的事。
The band drowned our conversation.乐队的演奏声把我们谈话的声音淹没了。
He had attempted to rescue the drowning man.他曾试图去救那个溺水的男人。
She tried to drown herself.她试图投水自杀。
He was drowned at sea.他淹死在海里。
They had drowned the unwanted kittens.他们把没人要的小猫淹死了。
The fruit was drowned in cream.水果在奶油里泡过。
She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door.她开大了收音机的音量以压过隔壁房间的吵闹声。
['u4e0d'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd, 'u53ef'u6570'u540d'u8bcd]death by drowning溺水身亡
Alcohol plays a part in an estimated 30% of drownings.大约有30%的溺水是酒精的作用所致。
Two children drowned after falling into the river.两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。
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。
Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
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。
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。
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。
...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们
Look! The child just chuck his arms and legs about like that; he'll drown.看! 那孩子竟然那样挥舞着四肢, 他要被淹死的.
The loud cheers drown out his shouts.欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声.
He went out early in the morning, planning to drown that dammed cat.他一大早就出去了, 准备淹死那只该死的猫.
Are you trying to drown someone, Ortega?当Billbogan朝游泳池这边大踏步走过来时, 我还在咳嗽,并且水花四溅.
But I knew I would not drown now.不过我心里知道,现在我已不至于溺死了.
It is no use trying to drown your sorrows in drink.想借酒浇愁于事无补.
She turned up the radio to drown ( out ) the noise of the traffic.她放大收音机的音量以压过来往车辆的嘈杂声.
But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd ( the crowd ).但是你近距离的拥抱淹没了吵杂的人群.
Jennifer: You'll drown if you think that's a kickboard.珍妮花: 如果你认为那是浮板的话,你会淹死的.
Let blood drown the weak!让血海淹没弱者巴!
She attempted to drown herself in the river.她企图投河自尽.
It is quite possible for a man to drown in his bath.
一个人完全有可能淹死在澡盆里。
Most passengers on the Titanic were drowned.
泰坦尼克号上的大部分乘客都淹死了。
drown sb/sth in sthIt is cruel to drown a cat in the river.
把猫淹死在河里是残忍的。
The pilot was drowned in his plane when it crashed into the North Sea.
飞机在北海坠毁,飞行员淹死在飞机中。
drown sth in sthThe crowd drowned his last few words in cheers.
人群的欢呼声淹没了他的最后几句话。
drown oneself in sthFor years he has drowned himself in the study of English literature.
多年来,他一直致力于英国文学的研究。
drown oneself/sth in sthHe tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.
他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中。
His face was drowned in tears.
他泪流满面。
Worn out by their adventures, the climbers are now drowned in sleep.
因历险而筋疲力尽的爬山者正在熟睡。
The loud cheers drown out his shouts.
欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声。
Both the speaker and his speech were drowned out by the disapproval of the crowd.
演讲者的话被人群中发出的反对声所淹没。
drown sb ⇔ outMany families were drowned out when the river burst its banks.
河堤决口后,很多家庭流离失所,人们无家可归。
I thought..I would drown because of my boots, but I thrashed and fought through the water.
出自：E. Hemingway误 The boy fell into the river and drowned to the death last night.
正 The boy fell into the river and was drowned last night.
析 drown本身含有“死”的概念,所以加to the death是多余的。
