deluge的中文用法及示例

• 0 a very large amount of rain or water -- 暴雨；洪水

  • The newspaper received a deluge of complaints/letters/phone calls about the article. 報館收到了關於這篇文章的大量投訴／信件／電話。

  • This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily. 遇到暴雨的時候，這條小溪的水勢就會猛漲。

• 1 to cover something with a lot of water -- 淹沒

  • figurative We've been deluged with (= have received a lot of) replies. 紛至沓來的回信使我們應接不暇。

  • The city was deluged when the river burst its banks. 河流潰堤淹沒了這個城市。