submerge
submerge
verb
submergence
noun
submergible
adjective
语源
verb
- [withobj.](一般作be submerged)cause to be under water
浸没，淹没
houses had been flooded and cars submerged.
房子进了水，汽车浸没在水中。
■[no obj.]descend below the surface of an area of water
潜入水中，没入水中
the U-boat had had time to submerge.
那德国潜艇曾有时间潜到水下。
■completely cover or obscure
湮没，湮灭；使沉浸
the tensions submerged earlier in the campaign now came to the fore.
竞选初期湮没的紧张局势现在突现了。
submergence
noun
submergible
adjective
语源
- early 17th cent.: from Latin submergere, from sub- 'under' + mergere 'to dip'
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