drown/draUn; draʊn/v 1 [I,T] to die by being under water for too long, or to kill someone in this way(使)淹死﹐(使)溺毙: The boys almost drowned in the river. 几个男孩子险些在河里淹死。Hundreds of people were drowned when the ferry sank. 渡船沉没﹐上百人被淹死。He saved his brother from drowning. 他救了他那溺水的兄弟。2 also 又作 drown out [T] to prevent a sound from being heard by making a louder noise 把〔声音〕盖过﹐淹没: We put on some music to drown out their yelling. 我们放了点音乐来盖过他们的喊叫声。see box at见 HEAR 方框