English Dictionary

submerge

/səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

verb

(intransitive) To sink out of sight. / (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in. / (transitive, figuratively, in the passive) To engulf or overwhelm.

The ship began to submerge beneath the waves.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To sink out of sight.

The submarine submerged in the water.

意味（2）

(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

In films many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively, in the passive) To engulf or overwhelm.

Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.