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淹没
yānmò
Description
"淹没"的意思是水把东西盖住，让它看不见了。
"淹没" means water covers something, making it invisible.
我们也常常用它来说声音或感觉太大，把别的东西盖过去了。
We also often use it to say a sound or feeling is so strong that it covers other things.
Meanings
淹没yānmò
to submerge; to flood; to drown under water
大水淹没了整个村子。
The flood submerged the entire village.
淹没yānmò
to drown out; to overwhelm
他的声音被掌声淹没了。
His voice was drowned out by applause.
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Notes
- Etymology
淹 (soak/drown) + 没 (sink/submerge), two water-related morphemes reinforcing each other.
- Nuance
often used in passive form 被…淹没, both for literal water and figurative overwhelming.
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