drown

Chết đuối

to die because you are unable to breathe when you are under water or another liquid

• sb drowns in something

Collocations drown in a river · drown at sea

• He drowned in the lake.

  Anh ta đã chết đuối ở hồ.

Chìm trong nước, bị ngạt

to be unable to breathe because you are under water or another liquid, but not necessarily die

• sb drowns in something

Collocations drown in a bathtub · drown under water

• She almost drowned when she fell into the pool.

  Cô ấy gần như đã chìm ngạt khi rơi xuống bể bơi.

Bị nhấn chìm bởi, bị cuốn theo

to be unable to deal with a situation because there is too much of something or it is too difficult

• be drowned by/in something

Collocations drowned in paperwork · drown in problems

• He was almost drowned by the amount of work he had to do.

  Anh ấy gần như bị nhấn chìm bởi khối lượng công việc phải làm.