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English to Chinese Dictionary (1-2 of 2)

drown
[draun]
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  • 1. (deliberately) 使淹死
  • 2. to be drowned 被淹死
  • 3. (also： drown out) 淹没
  • 4. 溺死

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Drown
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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 10)

淹没
[yānmò]
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  • 1. submerge
  • 2. drown … out

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溺死
[nìsǐ]
  • To drown.

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溺
[nì]
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  • 1. drown
  • 2. indulge in

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闷酒
[mènjiǔ]
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  • drinks taken alone to drown one's sorrows

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跳井
[tiàojǐng]
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  • drown oneself in a well

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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)

drown
[draυn]
  • 1. to die or kill by immersion in liquid
  • 2. to destroy or get rid of as if by submerging
  • 3. to drench thoroughly; inundate; flood
  • 4. to render (a sound) inaudible by making a loud noise
  • 5. C13: probably from Old English druncnian; related to Old Norse drukna to be drowned

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Examples (1-4 of 4)

drown one's worries in drink
借酒消愁 → drown
借酒消愁
try to drown one's worries in wine → 消愁
投河
drown oneself in a river → 投
他心情不好时， 就一个人喝闷酒。
Whenever he is in a bad mood, he drinks to drown his sorrows. → 喝闷酒

Vocab List (1 of 4)

drown
[draun]
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from lijiaxi's Vocab List
  • 1. (deliberately) 使淹死
  • 2. (also: drown out) 淹没
  • 3. 溺死

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