submerge
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to go under the surface of water or liquid; to put something or make something go under the surface of water or liquid （使）潜入水中，没入水中，浸没，淹没 The submarine had had time to submerge before the warship could approach. 潜水艇没等军舰靠近就及时潜入水下了。 - be submerged (by something)
The fields had been submerged by floodwater. 农田被洪水淹没了。 Her submerged car was discovered in the river by police divers. 她被河水淹没的汽车给警方的潜水员找到了。 - submerge something/yourself
Hippopotamuses cool down by submerging themselves in water. 河马通过潜入水中来降温。
- [transitive] submerge something
to hide ideas, feelings, opinions, etc. completely 湮没，湮灭，掩盖（思想、感情等）
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin submergere, from sub- ‘under’ + mergere ‘to dip’.