c. 1600 (transitive), from French submerger (14c.) or directly from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive meaning "sink under water, sink out of sight" is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.
摧毀大壩可能會(huì)淹沒(méi)下游城市，比如武漢。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.
水快漲到跟巖石一樣高了，很快就會(huì)淹沒(méi)它。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.
在僅剩的幾個(gè)水坑里，河馬根本無(wú)法沒(méi)入水中。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.