sub·merge /səbˈmɜːdʒ $ -ˈmɜːrdʒ/ verb 1 DOWN 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。
—submergence noun [uncountableU]