submerge
/səbˈmɜːdʒ/
verb
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
使潜入水中;淹没
释义与例句
verb
使潜入水中;淹没
to go under the surface of water or to cover something with water
-
The submarine submerged beneath the waves.
潜水艇潜入海浪之下。
-
Heavy rains submerged the entire village.
大雨淹没了整个村庄。
展开其余 1 条例句
-
Submerge the vegetables in boiling water for two minutes.
把蔬菜放入沸水中煮两分钟。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
sub(下)+ merge(沉)→ 向下沉 → 潜入水中。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
-
submarine 潜水艇同词根词,指能在水下航行的船只。
同义词
-
sink 下沉;沉没sink 强调自然下沉,submerge 强调主动潜入或被水覆盖。The ship sank to the bottom of the sea. 船沉到了海底。
反义词
-
surface 浮出水面surface 作为动词表示浮出水面,与 submerge 相反。The diver surfaced after ten minutes. 潜水员十分钟后浮出了水面。
常见搭配
-
submerge in water 浸没在水中The roots must be submerged in water. 根部必须浸没在水中。
-
be submerged by 被……淹没The fields were submerged by the flood. 田地被洪水淹没了。
-
submerge beneath 潜入……之下The whale submerged beneath the surface. 鲸鱼潜入水面之下。