drowning

drowning — noun

1. the event or fact of a person or animal dying because their lungs fill with wate

1.名詞B2
釋義

the event or fact of a person or animal dying because their lungs fill with water and they can no longer take in air; a particular incident in which this happens

例句

When little Sayaka fell into the hotel pool, the lifeguard saved her from drowning.

Nora's mother still cries when remembering the drowning accident at the lake.

同義詞
  • suffocation

    a broader term for death caused by lack of oxygen, not limited to water — can happen from choking, smoke, or lack of air

  • asphyxiation

    the medical term for suffocation; used mainly in official reports, autopsy results, or by doctors

  • submersion

    means being completely under water, but does not necessarily result in death; a narrower technical concept than drowning

文法句型

death by drowning

drowning of [person/animal]

drownings (plural for multiple incidents)

用法筆記

The noun drowning can be uncountable when referring to the general cause of death ('Drowning is a serious problem in rural areas'), or countable when referring to a specific incident ('There was a drowning at the beach yesterday'). The phrase near drowning describes a situation in which a person survives after being underwater and unable to breathe.

常見錯誤

❌The ship drowned in the storm.
✅The ship sank in the storm.
💡Drowning is only used for living things (people or animals), not for objects or vehicles.
❌He died from drowning.
✅He died by drowning.' or 'He drowned.
💡The standard expression is 'death by drowning.' Though 'die from drowning' is sometimes heard, 'by drowning' is the fixed collocation in formal written English.