drown
drown
verb
drown one's sorrows
verb
- [no obj.]die through submersion in and inhalation of water
淹死，溺死
a motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay.
她的车从码头边沿栽入水中，驾车者溺死。
two fishermen were drowned when their motor boat capsized.
摩托艇翻船时，船上两名渔民淹死。
■[with obj.]deliberately kill (a person or animal) in this way
将…溺毙，使溺死，使淹死
he killed his wife then drowned himself in a fit of despair.
他杀死了自己的妻子，然后在绝望中溺水自杀。
■[with obj.]submerge or flood (an area)
浸没，淹没
when the ice melted the valleys were drowned.
冰融化时，谷地被淹没。
■[with obj.](of a sound) make (another sound) inaudible by being much louder
（一声音）掩盖（另一声音）
his voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
他的声音被越来越近的发动机的噪音淹没了。
drown one's sorrows
- forget one's problems by getting drunk
借酒浇愁
- extremely wet and bedraggled
像落汤鸡一样
she arrived at the church looking like a drowned rat.
她到教堂时像个落汤鸡一样。
- Middle English (originally northern): related to Old Norse drukkna 'to be drowned', also to drink
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