submerge

v.
浸沒, 淹沒, 掩沒
vi.
潛水

【簡介】

vt.) to cover something completely with water or another liquid:
e.g. The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.　隧道入口被上升的海水淹沒了。

vi.) to go under the surface of the water and be completely covered by it:
e.g. The submarine submerged.　潛艇潛入水中。

【記憶】

1.王熙鳳強占民宅
宅地本很large（大的）
仍然還要enlarge（擴大）
強占被人charge（控告）
行賄又被discharge（釋放）
家被洪水submerge（淹沒）
四面天空merge（合為一體）

2.sub- 表示"在下面，次一等，副手"
subdue 征服；減輕（sub+due從屬→從屬在下面→征服）
submerge 沉沒，淹沒(sub+merge淹沒→淹沒下去)
suborn 收買，賄賂（sub+orn裝飾→在下面裝飾→賄賂）
subscribe 捐獻，訂購（sub+scribe寫→在下面寫上名字→訂購）
subcontinent 次大陸（sub+continetn大陸）
subtropics 亞熱帶（sub+tropics熱帶）
subtitle 副標題（sub+tropics熱帶）
subeditor 助理編輯（sub+editor編輯）
suboffice 分辦事處（sub+office辦公室）

merg=sink,表示"沉，沒"
emerge v. 浮現，出現(e出+merge→沉的東西出現→浮現
immerge v. 沉入，浸入(im進入+merge→沉進去→沉入)
merge v.合并，融合(沉下→融為一體→合并)

3.Houses submerged in flood waters

淹沒在水中的房子

Houses are submerged in flood waters after days of heavy rains in the city of Yizhou, Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 16, 2008.

2008年6月16日，經過連續幾天的大雨，廣西壯族自治區益州城里的房子淹沒在水中。

【詞形變化】

名詞:submergence n.浸沒, 淹沒, 潛航, 潛水
動詞過去式(形容詞):submerged adj. 浸[沉, 淹]沒的, 水下的
過去分詞:submerged
現在分詞:submerging
第三人稱單數:submerges

【同義詞】

vt. 沉浸；浸泡
dip duck dunk immerse inundate sink

【反義詞】

v. 使浮在水面
surface

【短語】

submerged rock 暗礁

the submerged tenth n. 社會的最低層

submerge yourself in something to make yourself very busy doing something, especially in order to forget about something else: e.g. Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.

【例句與詳解】

The land was submerged by the flood.
那塊地被洪水淹沒。

At the first sign of danger the submarine will submerge.
一有危險跡象，潛艇就會潛入水中。

His talent was submerged by his shyness.
他的羞怯掩蓋了他的才華。

Her happiness at seeing him submerged her former worries.
她看到他非常高興，頓時完全忘記了先前的煩惱。

I'm completely submerged by work [with [under] dictionary proofs].
我完全埋頭于工作 [審閱字典的校樣]。