submerge[səb'mə:dʒ]

• vt.
  • 淹没，沉浸；使沉没：

    The whole village and the fields have been submerged by floods.

    洪水已淹没了整个村庄和农田。

  • 把…放入(或浸入)水中(或其他液体中)：

    to submerge one's head

    把头浸在水中

  • 使沉浸，使集中精力于：

    All his life was submerged in the liberation of the people.

    他的一生全部献身于人民的解放事业。

  • 湮没，湮灭：

    She was submerged in love.

    她已深深坠入了爱河。

    His aspirations were submerged by the necessity of making a living.

    他的志向被琐碎的求生事务湮没了。

  • 使沦落，使沉沦：

    to be submerged by drinking and sex

    沉湎于酒色

• vi.
  • 潜入水中，没于水中：

    Then he submerged again.

    然后，他又潜入了水下。

  • 湮没，湮灭：

    to submerge into a deep sleep.

    熟睡

• 变形:

  vt.submerged.submerging