| 释义 |
Examples:spring flood (at peach-blossom time)—flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)—a flood of tears and mucus—flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign—the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood—flood causes disaster (idiom); fig. swamped with work—ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)—provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood—natural and man-made disasters (idiom); natural calamities (flood, drought, earthquake) added human calamity (fire, famine, war, Microsoft software)—catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)— |