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- a severe flood洪水。
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the Deluge
the biblical Flood (recorded in Genesis 6-8)（《圣经》中的）大洪水（《创世纪》6-8）。
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- a heavy fall of rain大雨, 暴雨：
a deluge of rain hit the plains.
暴雨肆虐了平原。
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- figurative a great quantity of something arriving at the same time〈喻〉洪水般涌至：
a deluge of complaints.
汹涌而至的投诉。
with obj.(一般作be deluged)
1- inundate with a great quantity of something淹没, 纷涌：
he has been deluged with offers of work.
许多单位纷涌提出要雇用他。
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- flood淹没：
caravans were deluged by the heavy rains.
一辆辆大篷车淹没在暴雨中。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French， variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere 'wash away'.