drown

【drown音标】 英[draʊn] 美[draʊn]

【单词释义】 drown是什么意思：

v.淹死；浸没，淹没；浸泡；麻痹某人对…的意识；（一声音）淹没（另一声音）

[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇

[第三人称单数] drowns

[单词现在分词] drowning

[单词过去式] drowned

[单词过去分词] drowned

【drown形近词/近似词】

crown   n.王冠；花冠；王权 v.为…加冕；使圆满

frown   n.皱眉，蹙额 v.皱眉；蹙额；不同意

grown   adj.成年的，成熟的；长大的；栽培的 v.成长，发育；改善；扩大，增加（grow 的过去分词）

brown   adj.褐色的；棕色的 n.褐色,棕色

【单词例句】

◇ He slid off the roof, fell into the trough, and drowned. And Little Red Cap returned home happily, and no one harmed her.
它从屋顶上滑了下来，正好落在大石槽中，淹死了。小红帽高高兴兴地回了家，从此再也没有谁伤害过她。

---- Little Red Cap

◇ Long ago, humans’ ancestors were bad. They fooled and played tricks on each other and never kept their word. So God turned up and drowned all their crops. Humans starved day and night, weeping.
很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，他们互相欺骗，耍诡计，从不遵守诺言。于是，上帝出现了，淹死了他们所有的作物。人们日夜挨饿，哭泣着。

---- An Interesting Festival

◇ When he got to the well and leaned over the water to drink, the heavy stones pulled him in, and he drowned miserably.
它到了井边，弯腰去喝水，可沉重的石头压得它掉进了井里，淹死了。

---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids