del·uge
noun/ˈdeljuːdʒ/
/ˈdeljuːdʒ/
[usually singular]- a severe flood; a sudden very heavy fall of rain
洪水；暴雨；大雨 - When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge.
雪融化时，山间溪流变成山洪暴发。 - The earlier deluge had given way to more normal rain.
先前的暴雨已减弱为一般的降水。 - An unseasonable deluge had washed away a section of river bank.
一场反常的洪水冲毁了河岸的一部分。
- When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge.
- a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time
涌现的事物；蜂拥而至的事物 - a deluge of calls/complaints/letters
接连不断的电话；没完没了的投诉；纷至沓来的信件 - The firm was at a loss to explain the sudden deluge of publicity.
该公司无法解释突然出现的大量宣传。
- a deluge of calls/complaints/letters
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere ‘wash away’.