drown

boğulmak

Su veya başka bir sıvının altında nefes alamadığı için ölmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To die because you cannot breathe while under water or another liquid.

• He nearly drowned in the river.
• Three passengers drowned when the boat sank.
• She cannot swim and is afraid of drowning.

Nasıl kullanılır: drown in something (Two people drowned in the lake.)

Eş anlamlılar: drench

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: drown in water, nearly drown, drown at sea

bastırmak, örtmek

Başka bir şeyin yoğunluğuyla bir şeyin duyulmasını, görülmesini veya fark edilmesini zorlaştırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To make something hard to hear, see, or notice by covering it with much more of something else.

• The rain drowned out his voice.
• Loud cheers drowned the final announcement.
• Useful advice was drowned in a mass of conflicting reports.

Nasıl kullanılır: drown out something (The music drowned out our conversation.); drown something in something (The important facts were drowned in unnecessary detail.)

Eş anlamlılar: obscure, mask, overpower

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: drown out something, drown someone’s voice, drown something in something

boğulmak, bunalmak

Suyla kaplanmak veya baş edemeyeceği kadar çok iş, bilgi ya da sorunla karşılaşmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To be covered by water or have far more work, information, or problems than you can manage.

• I am drowning in work.
• The fields drowned under days of heavy rain.
• Small businesses can drown in debt.

Nasıl kullanılır: drown in something (We are drowning in paperwork this week.)

Eş anlamlılar: be overwhelmed, be flooded, be swamped

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: drown in debt, drown in work, drown in paperwork

suda boğmak

Bir insanı veya hayvanı nefes alamayacak şekilde su altında tutarak öldürmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To kill a person or animal by keeping them under water so they cannot breathe.

• Someone tried to drown the dog.
• The attacker drowned his victim in a pond.
• The story describes a king who drowned his enemies.

Nasıl kullanılır: drown someone/something in something (The murderer drowned his victim in the river.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: drown someone deliberately, drown an animal, drown someone in something, drown a dog