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drown

/dɹaʊn/

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verb

溺水，淹死。

To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.

Examples :

"The child fell into the pond and quickly drowned. "

孩子掉进池塘，很快就淹死了。

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verb

淹死，溺死。

To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.

Examples :

"The floodwaters rose quickly, and the man drowned trying to reach safety. "

洪水涨得很快，那个男人在试图逃生时被淹死了。

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verb

溺水，淹没.

To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.

Examples :

"The student felt completely drowned in homework assignments. "

这个学生感觉完全被作业淹没了。

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verb

淹没，浸没，使...溺水

To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.

Examples :

"The heavy rain drowned the city streets, making them impassable. "

倾盆大雨淹没了城市街道，导致车辆无法通行。

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verb

淹没，淹没在…中。

(usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.

Examples :

"The answers intelligence services seek are often drowned in the flood of information they can now gather."

情报部门想要找到的答案，常常淹没在他们现在能够收集到的海量信息中。

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