drowning
英[draʊnɪŋ]
美[draʊnɪŋ]
CET4 TEM4
动词 drown:
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cover completely or make imperceptible
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get rid of as if by submerging
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die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
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kill by submerging in water
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be covered with or submerged in a liquid
- 1. His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.
- 他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.
- 他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. APEC seems be drowning in an ocean of jargon.
- 亚太经合组织似乎为一大堆空洞的胡言乱语所淹没。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Dolphins have sometimes been known to save drowning swimmers.
- 据悉海豚有时会救溺水的游泳者。
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用作名词 (n.)
- She saved him from drowning, but only at the cost of her own life.
他遇溺时她把他救了，但却牺牲了自己的生命。
- He dived from the bridge to rescue the drowning child.
他从桥上跳入水中去抢救那溺水儿童。
- He ventured his life to save a little girl from drowning.
他冒生命危险救起了一个小女孩，使她免于淹死。
- He rescued a drowning child holding on to a plank.
他救起了一个紧紧抓住一块木板的溺水的孩子。
