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淹没
yān mò · yan mo
Traditional 淹沒
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to submerge
- to drown
- to flood
- to drown out (also fig.)
In a sentence
2 examples01
海啸席卷稻田, 淹没了城镇。
Tsunamis swept through rice fields and flooded the towns.
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02
他的喊声被周围的噪音淹没了。
His shouts were drowned out by the surrounding noise.
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