drown

英 [draʊn]美 [draʊn]
  • vt. 淹没；把…淹死
  • vi. 淹死；溺死
  • n. (Drown)人名；(英)德朗
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助记提示

1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".
2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".
3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.
4. drink => drown.
5. drink => drench.

中文词源

drown 淹死

来自drench, 湿透，词义进一步恶化，淹死。

英文词源

drown
drown: [13] Drown is not found in texts until the end of the 13th century (when it began to replace the related drench in the sense ‘suffocate in water’) but an Old English verb *drūnian could well have existed. The earliest occurrences of the word are from the North of England and Scotland, which suggests a possible borrowing from, or influence of, Old Norse drukna ‘be drowned’; this came ultimately from Germanic *drungk-, a variant of the base which produced English drink.
=> drench, drink
drown (v.)
c. 1300, transitive and intransitive, perhaps from an unrecorded derivative word of Old English druncnian (Middle English druncnen) "be swallowed up by water" (originally of ships as well as living things), probably from the base of drincan "to drink."

Modern form is from northern England dialect, probably influenced by Old Norse drukna "be drowned." Related: Drowned; drowning.

双语例句

1. He tried to recollect things and drown himself in them.
他极力回想过去的事情而沉浸于回忆之中.
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2. It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.
把猫淹死在河里是残忍的.
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3. The loud cheers drown out his shouts.
欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声.
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4. Don't drown my whisky.
不要在我的威士忌酒里加太多的水.
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5. " No, " returned Minnie softly, and rattling the dishes to drown the conversation.
“ 不, " 敏妮轻轻说道.她故意把碗碟弄出声响来掩盖她们的谈话声."他不会去的.
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