淊

submerge

drown

flood

deluge

淊[yān]

-（淹没）flood;submerge;inundate:
Thecellarwasfloodedwithwater.地窖被水淹了。
Thefloodsubmergedthatvillage.洪水淹了那个村子。
-（皮肤被汗液等浸痛或痒）betinglingfromsweat-（停留;滞留）stay;stopover:
bestrandedforalongtime;stayoverforalongperiod淹留
-（广）wide:
haveawideknowledge;bewell-read;belearned学识淹博
-（姓氏）asurname:
YanTongda淹通达

他们几乎被水淹死。
They came near being drowned.

这个村庄在洪水泛滥时被淹没了。
The village was overwhelmed when the floods came.

小女孩在河里淹死了。
The little girl drowned in the river.

那个女孩从船上掉入水中淹死了。
The girl fell overboard and drowned.

他冒生命危险救起了一个小女孩，使她免于淹死。
He ventured his life to save a little girl from drowning.

如果不是吉姆跳下水去救，那小孩早就淹死了。
Had Jim not dived in to rescue him, the boy would have drowned.

每年春天河水把山谷淹没。
Every spring the river floods the valley.

乐队的演奏声把我们谈话的声音淹没了。
The band drowned our conversation.

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