flood是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems -- （使）充滿水；（使）淹沒

  • Our washing machine broke down yesterday and flooded the kitchen. 我們的洗衣機昨天壞了，把廚房裡弄得到處是水。

  • The whole town flooded when the river burst its banks. 河水決堤，整個鎮子都淹了。

  • Several families living by the river were flooded out (= forced to leave their houses because they became covered with water). 住在河邊的幾戶人家因洪水被迫撤離。

• 1 to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts -- 大量湧入；蜂擁而至；擠滿；充斥

  • Donations are flooding into the homeless shelter. 收容所收到大量捐贈。

  • She drew back the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in. 她拉開窗簾，陽光傾瀉進來。

  • Japanese cars have flooded the market (= a lot of them are on sale). 日本汽車已經充斥了市場。

  • He was flooded with (= suddenly felt a lot of) joy when his first child was born. 第一個孩子出生時，他滿心歡喜。

  • For Proust, the taste of a madeleine brought childhood memories flooding back (= made him suddenly remember a lot of things). 對於普魯斯特來說，瑪德琳蛋糕的味道讓他回憶起許多童年往事。

• 2 a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry -- 洪水

  • After the flood it took weeks for the water level to go down. 洪水過去幾個星期後，水位才回落。

  • The river is in flood (= water has flowed over its banks) again. 河水又泛濫了。

  • I found her in floods of tears in the toilets. 我發現她在洗手間裡哭得像個淚人似的。

• 3 a large amount or number of something -- 大批；大量

  • A flood of cheap imports has come into the country. 大量廉價進口商品進入了這個國家。