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淹

[yān]

Chinese-English

Chinese-Chinese

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v.
1.
flood; submerge; inundate
2.
〈书〉stay; stop over
3.
be tingling from sweat
adj.
1.
〈书〉wide
n.
1.
a surname

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,floodflood,submergesubmerge,inundateinundate,a surnamea surname,drowningdrowning,imim,sousesouse
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
Among the problems was the fact that crucial electrical switching equipment was in a basement, and therefore got flooded.
在这些问题中，还有一个情况就是重要的电气开关设备都在地下室内，由此一来遭到了水淹。
zài zhè xiē wèn tí zhōng , hái yǒu yī gè qíng kuàng jiù shì zhòng yào de diàn qì kāi guān shè bèi dōu zài dì xià shì nèi , yóu cǐ yì lái zāo dào le shuǐ yān 。
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2.
I did not know, the sky is clear light, is to surround a city or to find a city.
我终究没懂，天空逐渐清晰的光，是要包围一座城市还是要淹埋一座城市。
wǒ zhōng jiū méi dǒng , tiān kōng zhú jiàn qīng xī de guāng , shì yào bāo wéi yī zuò chéng shì hái shì yào yān mái yī zuò chéng shì 。
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3.
Just then, the sea water started to get into the ship, and a lot of people were unable to escape.
就在大家都去睡觉的时候，船因为颠簸而进水了，很多人淹在水里跑也跑不出来。
jiù zài dà jiā dōu qù shuì jiào de shí hou , chuán yīn wèi diān bǒ ér jìn shuǐ le , hěn duō rén yān zài shuǐ lǐ pǎo yě pǎo bù chū lái 。
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4.
The tool also can be used for evaluation of formation oil saturation and formation flooding degree perfectly in an old producing well.
在已投入生产的老油井中，能够较好地评价储层的剩余油饱和度及水淹程度；
zài yǐ tóu rù shēng chǎn de lǎo yóu jǐng zhōng , néng gòu jiào hǎo de píng jià chǔ céng de shèng yú yóu bǎo hé dù jí shuǐ yān chéng dù ;
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5.
He said: "The nuclear plants have been shaken, flooded and cut off from electricity. Operators have suffered personal tragedies. "
他表示：“相关核电站已受到地震、水淹，还被切断电源。操作人员遭受了个人悲剧。”
tā biǎo shì : " xiāng guān hé diàn zhàn yǐ shòu dào dì zhèn 、 shuǐ yān , hái bèi qiē duàn diàn yuán 。 cāo zuò rén yuán zāo shòu le gè rén bēi jù 。 "
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6.
If only the plant could talk, it might be able to save itself from dying, either from thirst or drowning.
如果植物能开口讲话，或许它们可以解救自己于垂死、缺水或淹溺的境况。
rú guǒ zhí wù néng kāi kǒu jiǎng huà , huò xǔ tā men kě yǐ jiě jiù zì jǐ yú chuí sǐ 、 quē shuǐ huò yān nì de jìng kuàng 。
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7.
This method was simple, convenient and easy to calculate, the level of submerged oil layer could be identified with the logging curves.
该方法简单方便，计算量小，根据测井曲线即可判别出油层水淹级别。
gāi fāng fǎ jiǎn dān fāng biàn , jì suàn liàng xiǎo , gēn jù cè jǐng qū xiàn jí kě pàn bié chū yóu céng shuǐ yān jí bié 。
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8.
This year, he said, his residence by a river pier wasn't badly flooded, thanks to higher embankments built by the city over the years.
他家就在一座河墩旁边，他说今年淹得并不严重，这要感谢这些年来曼谷加高的堤防。
tā jiā jiù zài yī zuò hé dūn páng biān , tā shuō jīn nián yān de bìng bù yán zhòng , zhè yào gǎn xiè zhè xiē nián lái màn gǔ jiā gāo de dī fáng 。
chinese.wsj.com
9.
At bedtime, he said, he left the door open to make sure water could flow out and didn't drown him.
他说，睡觉时他开着门，确保水能流出去而不会淹到他。
tā shuō , shuì jiào shí tā kāi zhe mén , què bǎo shuǐ néng liú chū qù ér bú huì yān dào tā 。
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10.
Only yesterday he had heard one of the mates say that they ought to throw her overboard before her tears could swamp the ship.
就是昨天他还听到一个自由人船员说他们应该在她的眼泪淹了船之前把她丢下海。
jiù shì zuó tiān tā hái tīng dào yī gè zì yóu rén chuán yuán shuō tā men yīng gāi zài tā de yǎn lèi yān le chuán zhī qián bǎ tā diū xià hǎi 。
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