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- an area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh低地; 水洼; 沼泽。
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- used to emphasize the degree to which a piece of ground is waterlogged［用于强调］某地的浸水程度：
the ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp.
无休止的暴雨把草坪都变成了沼泽。
with obj.
1- overwhelm or flood with water淹没：
a huge wave swamped the canoes.
一个巨浪淹没了独木船。
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- figurative overwhelm with an excessive amount of something; inundate〈喻〉压倒; 淹没：
feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her
罪恶感突然吞没了她
the country was swamped with goods from abroad.
这个国家舶来品泛滥。
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- no obj.(of a boat) become overwhelmed with water and sink（船）被水吞没; 沉没。
派生词
swampy
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: probably ultimately from a Germanic base meaning 'sponge' or 'fungus'.