| 释义 |
flood/flʌd/ n. & v.●n. 1a an overflowing or influx of water beyond its normal confines, esp. over land; an inundation (水的)泛滥；水灾 b the water that overflows 洪水 2a an outpouring of water; a torrent 倾泄；急流，洪流 a flood of rain 一阵暴雨 b something resembling a torrent 似急流的东西 a flood of tears 泪流如注; a flood of relief 潮水般涌来的救济品 3 the inflow of the tide 涨潮 also in comb. 亦用于复合词 : flood tide 涨潮 4 colloq. a floodlight [口]泛光灯，强力照明灯；泛光照明 5 (作 the Flood) the flood described in Genesis (《圣经·创世纪》中所记载的)灭世洪水 6 poet. a river; a stream; a sea [诗]河流；小溪；海洋 ●v. 1 tr.a cover with or overflow in a flood 淹没；使泛滥 rain flooded the cellar 雨水淹没了地窖 b overflow as if with a flood 洪水般地涌满，涌进；充满，充斥 the market was flooded with foreign goods 市场上充斥着外国商品 2 tr. irrigate 浇灌，灌溉 flooded the paddy fields 灌溉了稻田 3 tr. deluge (a burning house, a mine, etc.) with water 用水浇(着火的房子、矿井等) 4 intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 in, through) arrive in great quantities 大量涌入 complaints flooded in 投诉潮水般涌来; fear flooded through them 他们心中充满了恐惧 5 intr. become inundated 发大水，泛滥 the bathroom flooded 浴室满地是水 6 tr. overfill (a carburettor) with petrol 使(汽化器)溢流 7 intr. experience a uterine haemorrhage 患子宫出血，患血崩 8 tr. (of rain etc.) fill (a river) to overflowing (雨等)使(河流)泛滥 □ flood out drive out (of one's home etc.) with a flood 洪水迫使…离开(家园等)[Old English flōd, from Germanic] |