submerge

CET-6 大学 FREQ #35849 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 使浸水, 使陷入, 淹没 vi. 潜入水中

发音

UK /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/
其它
US /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/

词形变化

submerged submerges 三单 submerges submerging submerging 现在分词 submerged 过去式 submerged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

淹没；把…浸入；沉浸

动词

淹没；潜入水中；湮没

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To sink out of sight.

    不及物

    The submarine submerged in the water.

  2. 2.

    To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

    淹没

    及物

    In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

  3. 3.

    To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To engulf or overwhelm.

    比喻 及物

    Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

  5. 5.

    To drown or suppress.

    比喻 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

drown overwhelm deluge inundate submerse

上位词 8

cover settle sink flood plunge immerse go down go under

下位词 2

dive drown

词源

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

来源：wiktionary