词汇 | flood |
释义 | flood verb uk/flʌd/ us/flʌd/ (COVER WITH WATER) B1 [ I or T ](使)充满水;(使)淹没 to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen. 我们的洗衣机昨天坏了,把厨房里弄得到处是水。 The whole town flooded when the river burst its banks. 河水决堤,整个镇子都淹了。 Several families living by the river were flooded out (= forced to leave their houses because they became covered with water). 住在河边的几户人家因洪水被迫撤离。
(ARRIVE) B2 [ I usually + adv/prep, T ]大量涌入;蜂拥而至;挤满;充斥 to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts Donations are flooding into the homeless shelter. 收容所收到大量捐赠。 She drew back the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in. 她拉开窗帘,阳光倾泻进来。 Japanese cars have flooded the market (= a lot of them are on sale). 日本汽车已经充斥了市场。 He was flooded with (= suddenly felt a lot of) joy when his first child was born. 第一个孩子出生时,他满心欢喜。 For Proust, the taste of a madeleine brought childhood memories flooding back (= made him suddenly remember a lot of things). 对于普鲁斯特来说,玛德琳蛋糕的味道让他回忆起许多童年往事。
Phrasal verb flood something with somethingC2 用(信件、电话、消息等)使(某人)应接不暇 If you are flooded with letters, phone calls, messages, etc., you receive so many that you cannot deal with them. We were flooded with calls from worried parents. 我们接到无数焦虑的家长打来的电话。 flood noun uk/flʌd/ us/flʌd/ (WATER) B1 [ C or U ]洪水 a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry After the flood it took weeks for the water level to go down. 洪水过去几个星期后,水位才回落。 The river is in flood (= water has flowed over its banks) again. 河水又泛滥了。 in floods of tears UK 泪雨滂沱 crying a lot I found her in floods of tears in the toilets. 我发现她在洗手间里哭得像个泪人似的。 Poor Rachel came home in floods of tears. Sophie's been in floods of tears all morning. My little boy was so upset by the incident - he was in floods of tears. Her mother had collapsed in floods of tears. The last chapter of the book left him in floods of tears. By the end of the book, I was in floods of tears. the Flood (《圣经》中的)灭世洪水 (in the Bible) a flood sent by God that covered the whole earth as a punishment
(LARGE AMOUNT) C2 [ C ]大批;大量 a large amount or number of something A flood of cheap imports has come into the country. 大量廉价进口商品进入了这个国家。 Idiom before the Floodidiom UK humorous 很久很久以前 a very long time ago |
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