flood

1. N-VAR If there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example, when a river flows over its banks or a pipe bursts. 洪水

More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst. 大壩決堤引發(fā)的洪水災(zāi)吞噬了七十多人的生命。

This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers. 這正是探察洞穴者懼怕的那種洪水。

2. V-T/V-I If something such as a river or a burst pipe floods an area that is usually dry or if the area floods, it becomes covered with water. 為水所淹; 淹沒(méi)

The kitchen flooded. 廚房被水淹了。

3. V-I If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain. 泛濫

...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood. …導(dǎo)致20條河流泛濫的那場(chǎng)持續(xù)不斷的雨。

4. V-I If you say that people or things flood into a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers. 涌入[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area. 大批移民涌入了這個(gè)地區(qū)。

Inquiries flooded in from all over the world. 問(wèn)詢(xún)從世界各地如潮水般涌來(lái)。

5. V-T If you flood a place with a particular type of thing, or if a particular type of thing floods a place, the place becomes full of so many of them that it cannot hold or deal with any more. 使充滿(mǎn); 充斥

Manufacturers are destroying American jobs by flooding the market with cheap imports. 制造商們?cè)谝粤畠r(jià)進(jìn)口貨充斥市場(chǎng)，破壞了美國(guó)人的就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。

6. N-COUNT If you say that a flood of people or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there. 一大批[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida. 政府正設(shè)法阻止大批逃離海地的難民涌入佛羅里達(dá)。