Submerge
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.沉没, 淹没
- ［英］ v.沉没, 淹没 ( to cover or overflow with water)
- ［记］ sub ( 下面) ＋merge ( 合并, 吞没) -> 吞没下去 -> 淹没
- ［同］ 参考: emerge ( 出现) ; emergency ( 紧急情况)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (submerged; submerging)
- Etymology: Latin submergere, from sub- + mergere to plunge — more at merge
- Date: 1606
- transitive verb
- 1. to put under water
- 2. to cover or overflow with water
- 3. to make obscure or subordinate ; suppress <personal lives submerged by professional responsibilities>
- intransitive verb
- to go under water
- ? submergence noun
- ? submergible adjective
