(verb.) die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; 'The child drowned in the lake'.

(verb.) get rid of as if by submerging; 'She drowned her trouble in alcohol'.

(verb.) kill by submerging in water; 'He drowned the kittens'.

手打:撒迪厄斯

• She might talk on; and if he wanted to say any thing himself, he would only talk louder, and drown her voice. 簡·奧斯汀. 愛瑪.
• I hung to the willow branch and did not have strength to pull myself up but I knew I would not drown now. 歐內斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
• You can't drown Me. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• It had never occurred to me on the timber that I might drown. 歐內斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
• My lord, I was just going to drown myself, therefore pray do not leave me here alone. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• I am sure Alcibiades and his friends would be delighted to drown us like rats if they could. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
• To drown care on this terrible occasion, I went to pay Nugent, Luttrell, and Amy a visit, all under one. 哈里特·威爾遜. 哈里特·威爾遜回憶錄.
• It is I who ought to have drowned myself. 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• Leave this island before nightfall, or, by heaven, I will have you drowned like the rat you are! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
• I guess they were all drowned. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• You can't be drowned? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• Horsemen were streaming off in every direction, and the clatter of empty wagons being driven off almost drowned the sound of that terrible singing. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• All this was seen in a moment, as the vision of a drowning man, or of any human creature at any very great pass, could see a world if it were there. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
• I've been brought out o' drowning, and I can't be drowned. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• The drowning man catches at the straw. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
• For many weeks I thought of poison, and then of drowning, and then of fire. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• I take a last drowning look at the page as I give it into her hand, and start off aloud at a racing pace while I have got it fresh. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• This frequent rising of a drowning man from the deep, to sink again, was dreadful to the beholders. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• The Sea which drowns the rest will spare me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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