drown out

• 使声音被更大的声音盖过而听不见；比喻使某事物被更强烈的事物压过、变得不重要。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of making a sound inaudible by producing a louder sound.

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1. Make inaudibleinformal

   To make a sound impossible to hear by producing a louder sound.

   盖过

   • The loud music drowned out their conversation.
   • The roar of the plane engine drowned out his voice.
   • She turned up the TV to drown out the noise from the street.

   同义词blot outdeadenmaskmufflemuteobscureoverpoweroverwhelmsmotherstifle

2. Overwhelm or suppressinformal

   To prevent something from being heard or noticed by being more powerful or prominent.

   淹没

   • The government tried to drown out the protesters' voices.
   • His achievements were drowned out by the scandal.
   • The positive news was drowned out by the negative headlines.

   同义词buryengulfmuffleoverpowerovershadowoverwhelmsilencesmotherstiflesubmergeswamp

   反义词amplifyexposereveal

基本动词drown