submerge

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sub·merge /səbˈmɜːdʒ $ -ˈmɜːrdʒ/ verb

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a) [transitiveT] to cover something completely with water or another liquid 使浸没；淹没

The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.

隧道入口被涨起的海水淹没。

b) [intransitiveI] to go under the surface of the water and be completely covered by it 潜入水中，没入水中

The submarine submerged.

潜艇潜入水中。

2 [transitiveT]HIDE/NOT SHOW to hide feelings, ideas, or opinions and make yourself stop thinking about them 掩盖，遮掩〔感情、想法或观点〕 SYN suppress

Feelings she thought she’d submerged were surfacing again.

她以为已经抑制住的情感再一次涌上心头。

3 submerge yourself in something BUSY/HAVE A LOT TO DOto make yourself very busy doing something, especially in order to forget about something else 〔尤为了忘记别的事而〕让自己沉浸在某事中，埋头于某事

Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.

艾丽斯埋头工作，试图忘记汤姆。

Examples from the Corpus

submerge yourself in something• She looked into his dark eyes and submerged herself in the bliss of being flattered.• With resigned disgust, Alice lay back, submerging herself in the only softness available at that time-the pillow.• He preferred, he said, to submerge himself in the urban swill, or be in deep country.• Often, departing high-level administration types go teach dry government courses or submerge themselves in think tanks.• Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.

—submerged adjectiveadj

submerged rocks

水下的岩石

—submergence noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

submerge• The company said longwall production had been halted after part of the longwall mining equipment had become submerged.• Peter pulled on the mask and submerged again.• For obvious reasons, laser beams or submerged fluorescent wires can not be used to mark the start line.• Humans become unconscious after being submerged for 3 hours in water at 15C.• He could submerge his anger for only so long.• Poindexter and North were both completely submerged in the scandal.• At another point he found himself completely submerged, lungs like stone, an underwater rush in his ears.• Sonar was used to locate the submerged plane wreckage.• Some problems were the result of sightseers splashing through submerged roads in vehicles.• This allowed the filter to slide down to the bottom submerging the trickle filter section.• With the rest of their bodies submerged, their eyes go unnoticed.• The temporary bridge was first of all submerged then, like a matchstick, it was lifted up and swept aside.

Origin submerge

(1600-1700) Latin submergere, from mergere; → MERGE

sub·merge verb

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