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 使浸沒；淹沒

The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.

隧道入口被漲起的海水淹沒。

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

The submarine submerged.

潛艇潛入水中。

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

Feelings she thought she’d submerged were surfacing again.

她以爲已經抑制住的情感再一次湧上心頭。

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 〔尤爲了忘記别的事而〕讓自己沉浸在某事中，埋頭於某事

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

艾麗斯埋頭工作，試圖忘記湯姆。

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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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11468 COCA: 11140

submerge

To put something into liquid: soak, submerge, dip...

To move, or to make something move in water: go down, carry, sink...

To hide, or to hide something: hide, cover, obscure...

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