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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.submerge; drown; flood; inundate
河里涨水,小桥都被淹没了。
The river flooded and submerged the small bridge.
操场被水淹没了。
The playground is submerged.
河水淹没了田地。
The rivers drowned the fields.
洪水淹没了河两岸的大片地区。
The floods covered large areas on both banks of the river.
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- 2
v.metamuffle the sound
火车鸣响汽笛,淹没了她的话音。
A train blew its whistle and drowned her voice.
掌声淹没了她的话。
Her speech was drowned out by the applause.
飞机的轰鸣声淹没喇叭声。
The noise from the airplane drowned out the voice from the loudspeaker.
她的讲话被欢呼声淹没了。
Her speech was drowned out by cheers.
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Word usage
- Note"淹没" is different from "湮没". "淹没" means flooding or immersion, and it also metaphorically means "overwhelming" the sound. "湮没" is mainly used to indicate the burying of a person's reputation or deeds or the burying of things. "淹没" is more commonly used in spoken and written language, and "湮没" is used in written language.