1. （把…）淹死，溺死
    When someone drowns or is drowned, they die because they have gone or been pushed under water and cannot breathe.

    e.g. Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat capsized during a storm...
           他们的船在暴风雨中倾覆后有 48 人溺亡。
    e.g. A child can drown in only a few inches of water...
           儿童在只有几英寸深的水中就可能溺亡。

2. 淹没（于…中）；置身（于…中）
    If you say that a person or thing is drowning in something, you are emphasizing that they have a very large amount of it, or are completely covered in it.

    e.g. We were drowning in data but starved of information.
           我们淹没在大量的数据中却找不到有用的信息。
    e.g. ...people who gradually find themselves drowning in debt...
           渐渐发现自己债台高筑的人们

3. 盖过,淹没(声音)
    If something drowns a sound, it is so loud that you cannot hear that sound properly.

    e.g. Clapping drowned the speaker's words for a moment...
           鼓掌声一度淹没了发言人的声音。
    e.g. The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.
           到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。

4. 借酒浇愁
    If you say that someone is drowning their sorrows, you mean that they are drinking alcohol in order to forget something sad or upsetting that has happened to them.

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