drown

/draʊn/

意味: 溺れる、圧倒される

例文: Kai nearly drowned in syrup.
　　  カイがシロップで溺れかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: drown in(溺れる), drown out(かき消す), drown one’s sorrows(悲しみを紛らわす)

定義: 水の中に沈んで息ができなくなることを指します。通常は事故や不注意で起こりますが、意図的に行う場合もあります。水泳中や水辺での安全に関わる重要な言葉です。

drownは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: cover completely or make imperceptible
Verb: get rid of as if by submerging
Verb: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
Verb: kill by submerging in water
Verb: be covered with or submerged in a liquid

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

He tried to swim, but the waves threatened to drown him.(彼は泳ごうとしたが、波が彼を溺れさせそうだった。)
Don’t let your worries drown out the joy of life!(心配事に人生の喜びをかき消されないように！)
The river swelled, posing a risk that could drown unsuspecting travelers.(川が増水し、無防備な旅行者を溺れさせる危険があった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: I was drowned in work
Verb: The noise drowned out her speech
Verb: She drowned her trouble in alcohol
Verb: The child drowned in the lake
Verb: He drowned the kittens
Verb: the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): drown, overwhelm, submerge, swim

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): be, cover, die, extinguish, kill

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abort, abound, accept, account, account for, act, answer, appear, assassinate, bake, balance, be well, beat, begin, belong, blanket, bloody, brain, breathe, butcher, buy, buy it, cancel out, carpet, clean, clothe, coat, cohere, come in for, come in handy, commit suicide, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cut, cut across, cut out, decapitate, decimate, deck, decouple, depend, deserve, destroy, disagree, dismember, dispatch, distribute, diverge, draw, drown, electrocute, eliminate, end, erase, exclude, execute, exterminate, fall, feel, figure, fit, flood, gape, glaciate, go, grass, gravitate, hail, hang, head, hold, hoodoo, hum, impale, impend, incarnate, iridesce, jumble, kill, knock out, lend, let go, lie, litter, loiter, look, lubricate, lynch, make, make sense, mantle, martyr, massacre, measure, mist, mope, murder, neutralize, object, obliterate, osculate, overlie, owe, pay, point, poison, predecease, press, promise, prove, put away, put out, rage, range, rank, rate, recognize, relate, remain, represent, rest, retard, run, run into, rut, saber, sacrifice, seem, seethe, sell, shed blood, shine, shoot, shroud, smother, snuff out, sparkle, specify, squat, stagnate, stand, stand by, starve, stay, stick, stink, stone, strangle, strew, submerge, subtend, succumb, suck, suffer, suffocate, suit, swim, swing, take off, tend, test, tomahawk, total, translate, transplant, trim, underlie, want, wash, wind, work, zap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words:

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative, sadness