意味一覧 (2件)
水中に沈む
解説 Definition
submerge は、物や人・船などが水面の下へ完全に入って見えなくなることを表します。潜水艦が潜る、物が水中に沈む、町が洪水で水没するなど、自然現象や移動の描写で使われるやや硬めの動詞です。ここでは自ら沈む用法に限り、何かを沈める意味とは区別します。
Submerge means to go completely below the surface of water so that you cannot be seen anymore. It is often used for things like boats, submarines, objects, or even places that disappear under water in floods. Compared with sink, submerge sounds a little more formal and often suggests being fully under the water. Here, it refers only to something going under by itself, not to causing something else to go under.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sub- は subway や subtitle のように「下」を表し、merge は「混ざる・合流する」語です。submerge は「下へ入り、水面と一体化して見えなくなる」と考えると、自動詞の「水中に沈む」がつかみやすくなります。sink より少し硬く、完全に水面下へ入る感じが強い語です。同じ語には「水没させる」という他動詞用法もあるので、主語が自分で沈むのか、誰かが何かを沈めるのかを文型で確認しましょう。
Think of sub- as "under," as in subway or subtitle. Then connect merge with the idea of joining or blending together. If something submerges, it goes down under the water and seems to blend into it until it disappears. It is a bit more formal than sink and gives a stronger image of going completely below the surface.
例文
The submarine slowly submerged beneath the waves.
その潜水艦はゆっくり波の下へ沈んだ。
As the river rose, the lower road began to submerge under muddy water.
川の水位が上がると、下の道路は泥水の中に沈み始めた。
Within minutes, the small island was almost completely submerged by the storm surge.
数分のうちに、その小さな島は高潮でほとんど完全に水中に沈んだ。
水没させる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
水や液体に完全に沈める、または水没させる。感情や思考に没頭する状態を示すこともある。
To submerge means to put something completely under water or another liquid, or to go under the surface. It is used in physical situations such as floods, diving, or sinking. In more formal writing, it can also suggest being deeply covered or involved in something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリでは submerge を他動詞として、「何かを水面下に入れて水没させる」と覚えます。sub- は「下へ」、merge は「入り込む」感覚なので、対象物を水の下へ完全に押し込む像を作ると定着します。基本義の「水中に沈む」は主語自身が沈む用法ですが、ここでは submerge the hands in water や be submerged by a flood のように、何かが水や液体に覆われる側に注目します。immerse より、見えなくなるほど下に入る感じが強めです。
`Sub-` often means `under` or `below`. In `submerge`, picture something going under the surface until you cannot see it. That is why it is often used with water: `be submerged in water`. It can also be figurative, like being submerged by work or grief.
例文
The submarine will submerge deep beneath the ocean surface.
潜水艦は海面の下深くに潜ります。
We submerged our hands in cold water to ease the pain.
私たちは痛みを和らげるために冷たい水に手を浸した。
She completely submerged herself in her work to forget her troubles.
彼女は自分の悩みを忘れるために、完全に仕事に没頭した。
submerge の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 sub-「下へ」+ mergere「沈める・浸す」に由来します。emerge「現れる」は逆向きに水面下から出る感覚を持つ関連語です。
Submerge comes from Latin: sub- meaning "under" and mergere meaning "to dip" or "to sink." A related word is emerge, which gives the opposite image of coming up from below the surface.
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