drown

v. /draʊn/ B1

淹死；溺亡

To die because you are underwater and cannot breathe air.

仙境例句

Alice swam hard, afraid she might drown in the pool she had cried herself.

爱丽丝拼命地游，生怕自己会淹死在自己哭出来的池子里。

“I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!

“我想我现在要为此受罚了，竟然要被自己的眼泪淹死！”

卡罗尔原著 · 第 2 章

We tend to prefer the business which drowns in cash.

我们往往更偏爱那些被现金彻底淹没的企业。

Charlie Munger · 2008