floods

v.淹没；充满

n.洪水

The river had burst its banks and flooded the valley. 河水冲破堤岸,淹没了山谷。

The office was flooded with complaints. 办事处收到如洪水般涌至的投诉信件。

Japanese cars have flooded the American market. 日本汽车已充斥美国市场。

Applications flooded into the office. 申请书像潮水般涌进办公室。

His admirers flood him with letters. 他的崇拜者接连不断地给他写信。

Her child was washed away in the flood. 她的孩子让洪水给冲走了。

The town was destroyed by the floods after the storm. 暴风雨后的洪水冲毁了这座城镇。

The flood did a lot of damage to the crops. 洪水毁坏了大量农作物。

flood作“洪水,水灾”解时,多指河水高涨或泛滥,也可指山洪暴发,常可用复数形式表示单数意义。flood还可作“大量,大批”解,可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。

flood在句中可充当主语、宾语,还可作定语。

flood的基本意思是指河流等超越或冲破正常的范围,而使大量的水流涌到原本没有水覆盖的地面上,即“洪水泛滥”。本词并不指明泛滥的原因。

flood引申可指任何物〔事物〕“如洪水般涌来”。

flood主要用作不及物动词,主语通常为河流等。flood也可用作及物动词,宾语多为被淹没的地方或“涌至”之处。