submerge

submerge

英 [səb'mɜːdʒ]
　　美 [səb'mɝdʒ]

vt. 淹沒；把…浸入；沉浸
　　vi. 淹沒；潛入水中；湮沒

v.(動詞)submerge的基本意思是“沉沒,潛入水中”,指人或物將自身沉到水中,可以是受外力的影響而沉入水中,也可以是自己沉入水中,通常帶有某種目的性。submerge還可指“置於水中,淹沒”。submerge作“潛入水中”解時是不及物動詞,作“把…置於水中”解時是及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,後接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用於被動結構。

中文詞源：

submerge 浸入，淹沒

sub-,在下，-merg,浸入，詞源同 emerge,immerse.

例句：

1. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.
摧毀大壩可能會淹沒下遊城市，比如武漢。

2. The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.
水快漲到跟巖石一樣高瞭，很快就會淹沒它。

3. Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.
在僅剩的幾個水坑裡，河馬根本無法沒入水中。

4. The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.
潛水艇沒等軍艦靠近就及時潛入水下瞭。

5. The submarine can submerge very quickly.
潛艇能非常迅速地潛入水中.