drown
verb
uk/draʊn/us/draʊn/drownverb(DIE)
B2[IorT]
to (causeto)dieby beingunabletobreatheunderwater:
（使）淹死，（使）溺死He drowned in aboatingaccident.他在一次划船事故中溺水身亡。
Manyanimalswere drowned by thetidalwave.许多动物被潮水淹死了。
- Thegardensare said to behauntedby theghostof achildwho drowned in theriver.
- Hefellinto theriverand drowned.
- I'd have drowned if he hadn'thappenedalong andpulledme out of theriver.
- Policefearthat thecouplemay have drowned.
- If it wasn't for thelifejacket, I would have drowned.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- die off
- fatality
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- watery
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Killing
drownverb(COVER)
[T]
tocoveror becovered,especiallywith aliquid:
（被）覆盖；（被）淹没，（被）没过Awholevalleywas drowned when theriverwasdammed.河水被大坝拦住后，整个山谷都被淹没了。
disapprovingHe drowned hisfoodin/withtomatosauce.他在食物上浇了很多西红柿酱。
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- surround
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
Idioms
drownyoursorrows
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
look like a drowned rat
Phrasal verbs
drown insomething
drownsomethingout