submerge

v.
浸没, 淹没, 掩没
vi.
潜水

【简介】

vt.) to cover something completely with water or another liquid:
e.g. The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.　隧道入口被上升的海水淹没了。

vi.) to go under the surface of the water and be completely covered by it:
e.g. The submarine submerged.　潜艇潜入水中。

【记忆】

1.王熙凤强占民宅
宅地本很large（大的）
仍然还要enlarge（扩大）
强占被人charge（控告）
行贿又被discharge（释放）
家被洪水submerge（淹没）
四面天空merge（合为一体）

2.sub- 表示"在下面，次一等，副手"
subdue 征服；减轻（sub+due从属→从属在下面→征服）
submerge 沉没，淹没(sub+merge淹没→淹没下去)
suborn 收买，贿赂（sub+orn装饰→在下面装饰→贿赂）
subscribe 捐献，订购（sub+scribe写→在下面写上名字→订购）
subcontinent 次大陆（sub+continetn大陆）
subtropics 亚热带（sub+tropics热带）
subtitle 副标题（sub+tropics热带）
subeditor 助理编辑（sub+editor编辑）
suboffice 分办事处（sub+office办公室）

merg=sink,表示"沉，没"
emerge v. 浮现，出现(e出+merge→沉的东西出现→浮现
immerge v. 沉入，浸入(im进入+merge→沉进去→沉入)
merge v.合并，融合(沉下→融为一体→合并)

3.Houses submerged in flood waters

淹没在水中的房子

Houses are submerged in flood waters after days of heavy rains in the city of Yizhou, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 16, 2008.

2008年6月16日，经过连续几天的大雨，广西壮族自治区益州城里的房子淹没在水中。

【词形变化】

名词:submergence n.浸没, 淹没, 潜航, 潜水
动词过去式(形容词):submerged adj. 浸[沉, 淹]没的, 水下的
过去分词:submerged
现在分词:submerging
第三人称单数:submerges

【同义词】

vt. 沉浸；浸泡
dip duck dunk immerse inundate sink

【反义词】

v. 使浮在水面
surface

【短语】

submerged rock 暗礁

the submerged tenth n. 社会的最低层

submerge yourself in something to make yourself very busy doing something, especially in order to forget about something else: e.g. Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.

【例句与详解】

The land was submerged by the flood.
那块地被洪水淹没。

At the first sign of danger the submarine will submerge.
一有危险迹象，潜艇就会潜入水中。

His talent was submerged by his shyness.
他的羞怯掩盖了他的才华。

Her happiness at seeing him submerged her former worries.
她看到他非常高兴，顿时完全忘记了先前的烦恼。

I'm completely submerged by work [with [under] dictionary proofs].
我完全埋头于工作 [审阅字典的校样]。