1 N-VAR 洪水;水灾 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;水灾
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More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst.
大坝决口造成洪灾，70 多人因此丧生。
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This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers.
这正是洞穴探险者害怕的那种洪水。
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Over 25 people drowned when a schoolbus tried to cross a river and flood waters swept through.
一辆校车试图过河时遭遇洪水来袭，造成逾 25 人溺水身亡。
SYN deluge, downpour, flash flood, inundation
2 V-ERG 淹没;使充满水 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. 淹没;使充满水
3 VERB (尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥 If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain. (尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥
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...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood. [VERB]
引发了 20 条河流泛滥的持续降水
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Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable. [VERB noun]
许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸，造成一些道路不能通行。
SYN pour over, swamp, run over, overflow
4 N-COUNT 大量;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. 大量;大批 [emphasis]
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The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida. [+ of]
政府当局正试图阻止大批难民逃离海地，进入佛罗里达。
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He received a flood of letters from irate constituents. [+ of]
他收到愤怒的选区居民洪水般涌来的信件。
SYN torrent, flow, rush, stream
5 VERB 大批涌入;大量云集 If you say that people or things flood into a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers. 大批涌入;大量云集 [emphasis]
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Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area. [VERB prep./adv.]
大量移民涌入这个地区。
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Enquiries flooded in from all over the world. [VERB prep./adv.]
世界各地的问询纷至沓来。
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...the refugees flooding out of Kosovo. [VERB prep./adv.]
逃离科索沃的难民群
SYN stream, flow, rush, pour
6 VERB (使)充满;(使)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. (使)充满;(使)充斥
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...a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports. [VERB noun + with]
一项旨在让进口产品充斥欧洲市场的政策
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Brokers expect the markets to be flooded with the shares. [VERB noun with noun]
股票经纪人预计股市会充斥着这种股票。
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German cameras at knock-down prices flooded the British market. [VERB noun]
德国产的廉价相机充斥着英国市场。
SYN saturate, fill, choke, swamp
7 VERB (情感等)充满，使感受强烈，涌上心头 If an emotion, feeling, or thought floods you, you suddenly feel it very intensely. If feelings or memories flood back, you suddenly remember them very clearly. (情感等)充满，使感受强烈，涌上心头 [literary]
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A wave of happiness flooded me. [VERB noun]
我心中涌起一股幸福的暖流。
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Mary Ann was flooded with relief . [be VERB-ed + with]
玛丽·安感到无比宽慰。
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It was probably the shock which had brought all the memories flooding back. [VERB adv.]
可能是由于突然受到惊吓，所有的记忆一下子全涌现出来。
8 VERB (光线)充满，照进 If light floods a place or floods into it, it suddenly fills it. (光线)充满，照进
10 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE] (河水)泛滥 If a river is in flood, it is flowing over its banks because it has more water in it than normal. (河水)泛滥
11 PHRASE 泪如雨下;号啕大哭 If you say that someone was in floods of tears or in a flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset. 泪如雨下;号啕大哭 [emphasis]
12 PHRASAL VERB (洪水)迫使…离开，淹没，冲毁 If people, places, or things are flooded out, the water from a flood makes it impossible for people to stay in that place or to use that thing. (洪水)迫使…离开，淹没，冲毁
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