drowning

drowning — 名詞

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

1.名詞B2
釋義

溺水

因水進入肺部而無法呼吸導致的死亡

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.

小 Sayaka 掉進飯店游泳池時，救生員救了她，使她免於溺水。

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

Nora 的母親想起湖邊的那起溺水意外時，仍然會哭。

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.