submerge

• vt. 淹沒；把…浸入；沉浸
• vi. 淹沒；潛入水中；湮沒

sub-,在下，-merg,浸入，詞源同 emerge,immerse.

submerge

submerge: see merge

submerge (v.)

c. 1600 (transitive), from French submerger (14c.) or directly from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive meaning "sink under water, sink out of sight" is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.

1. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.

摧毀大壩可能會淹沒下遊城市，比如武漢。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.

水快漲到跟岩石一樣高了，很快就會淹沒它。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.

在僅剩的幾個水坑裏，河馬根本無法沒入水中。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.

潛水艇沒等軍艦靠近就及時潛入水下了。

來自《權威詞典》

5. The submarine can submerge very quickly.

潛艇能非常迅速地潛入水中.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》