柯林斯詞典flood /fl?d/ (flooding,flooded,floods) 1. N-VAR 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. 洪水 More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst. 大垻決堤引發(fā)的洪水災(zāi)吞噬了七十多人的生命。 This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers. 這正是探察洞穴者懼怕的那種洪水。2. V-T/V-I 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. 爲水所淹; 淹沒 The kitchen flooded. 廚房被水淹了。3. V-I If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain. 泛濫 ...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood. …導(dǎo)致20條河流泛濫的那場持續(xù)不斷的雨。4. V-I If you say that people or things flood into a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers. 湧入[強調(diào)] Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area. 大批移民湧入了這個地區(qū)。 Inquiries flooded in from all over the world. 問詢從世界各地如潮水般湧來。5. V-T 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. 使充滿; 充斥 Manufacturers are destroying American jobs by flooding the market with cheap imports. 制造商們在以廉價進口貨充斥市場,破壞了美國人的就業(yè)機會。6. N-COUNT If you say that a flood of people or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there. 一大批[強調(diào)] The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida. 政府正設(shè)法阻止大批逃離海地的難民湧入彿羅裡達。 返回 flooded劍橋詞典 flooded adjective (WATER) covered with water 被水淹沒的 flooded fields 被淹沒的田地 flooded adjective (FULL OF) containing a large amount or number of something 有大量…的,充斥著…的 The market is flooded with cheap imports . 市場上充斥著廉價進口貨。 返回 flooded