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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

flood

英  [flʌd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • floods

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 洪水

    If there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example, when a river flows over its banks or a pipe bursts.

    双语例句

    例：

    More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst.

    大坝决堤引发的洪水灾吞噬了七十多人的生命。

    例：

    This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers.

    这正是探察洞穴者惧怕的那种洪水。

    2. [C 可数名词] 一大批

    If you say that a flood of people or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there.

    近义词

    tide , torrent

    双语例句

    例：

    The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida.

    政府正设法阻止大批逃离海地的难民涌入佛罗里达。

    VERB. 动词

  • floods , flooding , flooded

    1. [I 不及物动词] 为水所淹 , 淹没

    If something such as a river or a burst pipe floods an area that is usually dry or if the area floods, it becomes covered with water.

    双语例句

    例：

    The kitchen flooded.

    厨房被水淹了。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 泛滥

    If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain.

    近义词

    overflow

    双语例句

    例：

    the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood.

    导致20条河流泛滥的那场持续不断的雨。

    3. [I 不及物动词] 涌入

    If you say that people or things flood into a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers.

    近义词

    pour

    双语例句

    例：

    Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area.

    大批移民涌入了这个地区。

    例：

    Inquiries flooded in from all over the world.

    问询从世界各地如潮水般涌来。

    4. [T 及物动词] 使充满 , 充斥

    If you flood a place with a particular type of thing, or if a particular type of thing floods a place, the place becomes full of so many of them that it cannot hold or deal with any more.

    近义词

    saturate

    双语例句

    例：

    Manufacturers are destroying American jobs by flooding the market with cheap imports.

    制造商们以廉价进口货充斥市场，破坏了美国人的就业机会。

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