submerge

• vt. 溺れさせる；浸す；沈める
• vi.水没させる；沈める；消滅させる

sub, under, -merg, 浸す、語源的にはemerge, immerseと同じ。

submerge

submerge: see merge

submerge (v.)

c. 1600 (transitive), from French submerger (14c.) or directly from Latin submergere "to plunge under, sink, overwhelm," from sub "under" (see sub-) + mergere "to plunge, immerse" (see merge). Intransitive meaning "sink under water, sink out of sight" is from 1650s, made common 20c. in connection with submarines. Related: Submerged; submerging.

1. Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan.

ダムを破壊すると、武漢などの下流都市が水没する可能性があります。

2.The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it.

水は岩と同じ高さになり、すぐに水没します。

3.Hippos are unable to submerge in the few remaining water holes.

残りのいくつかの水たまりでは、カバは水に入ることができなかった。

4.The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach.

潜水艦は軍艦が近づくのを待たずに水中に潜り込んだ。

5.The submarine can submerge very quickly.

潜水艦は非常に迅速に水中に潜ることができる。