/səb'mɜ:dʒ; səb`mɝdʒ/
v
1 (a) [I] go under the surface of a liquid, the sea, etc 进入液面、海面等的下面
*The submarine submerged to avoid enemy ships. 该潜艇潜入水下以躲避敌舰.
(b) [Tn] cause (sth) to go under the surface of a liquid, the sea, etc; cover with a liquid 使（某物）进入液面、海面等之下; 淹没
*a wall submerged by flood water 被洪水淹没的墙
* The child submerged all her toys in the bath. 那孩子把所有的玩具都泡在澡盆里.
2 [Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态] (fig 比喻) completely cover (sb/sth); overwhelm 完全覆盖（某人[某事物]）; 遮住
*be submerged by paperwork 埋头于文牍工作
* The main argument was submerged in a mass of tedious detail. 大量单调乏味的细节掩盖了主要论点.

v
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: submergere, from mergere; MERGE]
a) [T]
to cover something completely with water or another liquid
　The tunnel entrance was submerged by rising sea water.
b) [I]
to go under the surface of the water and be completely covered by it
　The submarine submerged.
[T]
to hide feelings, ideas, or opinions and make yourself stop thinking about them
= suppress
　Feelings she thought she'd submerged were surfacing again.
submerge yourself in sth
to make yourself very busy doing something, especially in order to forget about something else
　Alice submerged herself in work to try and forget about Tom.
>submergedadj
　submerged rocks
>submergencen[U]