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单词

submerge

读音
səbˈmɜːrdʒ
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词根

"Submerge" 的词根是"merg",来源于拉丁词merg-,意为“沉入”。其它由此词根衍生的单词有:"immersion"(浸入),"emerge"(浮现)。

释义

vt. 淹没;把…浸入;沉浸 vi. 淹没;潜入水中;湮没 [ 第三人称单数 submerges 现在分词 submerging 过去式 submerged 过去分词 submerged ]

例句

Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.
河马无法淹没在仅存的几个水坑里。
Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.
毁坏大坝可能会淹没武汉这样的下游城市。
The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.
水涨到快跟岩石一样高了,很快就会将它淹没。

强化记忆

可以通过联想记忆这个单词,想象一个潜水员(submariner)在水下行走(merge),这个动作就是使自己沉入水中——"submerge"。"Submerge" 这个单词最早出现在中英语时期,来源于拉丁文"submergere",由前缀"sub-"(在...之下)和"mergere"(洗净)组成。原意是“使某物或某人深入水下”。

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These chambers could’ve been filled with water prior to the eventand then opened to submerge the stageunder more than a million gallons of water, to create a depth of five feet.
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They mix dye in these big barrels,and they submerge the silk into the liquid up to their elbows,but the dye is toxic.
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