flood

英[flʌd]
美[flʌd]

基本释义

  • n.洪水; 泛滥; 溢流; 探照灯
  • vi.涌出; 为水淹没
  • vt.淹没

词性变化

实用例句

The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country.

大雨使全国许多地方泛滥成灾。

牛津词典

flood damage

洪涝灾害

牛津词典

Police have issued flood warnings for Nevada.

警方已经发布了内华达的水灾警告。

牛津词典

The river is in flood (= has more water in it than normal and has caused a flood) .

河水泛滥。

牛津词典

a flood of complaints

大量投诉

牛津词典

a flood of refugees

难民潮

牛津词典

The child was in floods of tears (= crying a lot) .

小孩哭得泪人儿似的。

牛津词典

The cellar floods whenever it rains heavily.

只要一下大雨地窖就淹水。

牛津词典

If the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.

要是水管破裂整座房子就会灌满水。

牛津词典

When the Ganges floods, it causes considerable damage.

恒河泛滥时造成严重损害。

牛津词典

Mary Ann was flooded with relief ...

玛丽·安感到无比宽慰。

The afternoon light flooded the little rooms...

午后的阳光洒满一间间小屋。

Morning sunshine flooded in through the open curtains.

清晨的阳光透过拉开的窗帘照射进来。

The pain was so bad that I would be in floods of tears...

疼痛难忍,我就快大哭起来了。

They said goodbye in a flood of tears.

他们痛哭流涕地道别。

Train lines were flooded out...

铁路线被洪水冲毁。

The river flooded them out every few years.

每隔几年他们就会因这条河的泛滥而被迫离开家园。

A wave of happiness flooded me...

我心中涌起一股幸福的暖流。

Brokers expect the markets to be flooded with the shares...

股票经纪人预计股市会充斥着这种股票。

...a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports...

一项旨在让进口产品充斥欧洲市场的政策

Enquiries flooded in from all over the world.

世界各地的问询纷至沓来。

The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida...

政府当局正试图阻止大批难民逃离海地,进入佛罗里达。

He received a flood of letters from irate constituents.

他收到愤怒的选区居民洪水般涌来的信件。

Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area...

大量移民涌入这个地区。

The Chicago River flooded the city's underground tunnel system...

芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。

The kitchen flooded.

厨房被水淹了。

...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood...

引发了 20 条河流泛滥的持续降水

Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable.

许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸,造成一些道路不能通行。

More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst...

大坝决口造成洪灾,70 多人因此丧生。

This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers...

这正是洞穴探险者害怕的那种洪水。

真题例句

The  Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings  covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up after Storm Frankhit the country last Wednesday.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up after Storm Frank hit the country last Wednesday.

2016年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

Mr.De Keyzer, I’m a great lover of your book Moments Before the Flood.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

For all their troubles, the United States’ 3,500 institutions were flooded with more than half a million students from 193 countries last year.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The shopping center is flooded with people.

出自-2013年6月听力原文

It can help solve global flood crises.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

Among global warming's most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects.

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

At least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: "Who are you? What antique shop?" However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Donations began flooding in from hundreds of people.

2017年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Droughts become more harmful than floods.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge, it falls in the ground---and, in the process, it belongs out important evidence about how physical objects interact: bowls of rice do not flood in mid-air, but require support to remain stable.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Floods have become more damaging in bangladesh in recent decades.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

If your home doesn't have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brightness.

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Rezwan is creating floating connectivity to replace flooded roads and highways.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Riding a horse through the flooded waters of Botswana's Okavango Delta must rank as one of the world's most exciting wildlife journeys.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The project connects flooded roads and highways.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Though heavy rains brought about by el nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;

    "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

  • 2. an overwhelming number or amount;

    "a flood of requests"

    "a torrent of abuse"

  • 3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

  • 4. a large flow

  • 5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

  • 6. the inward flow of the tide;

    "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

Verb
  • 1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

    "the basement was inundated after the storm"

    "The images flooded his mind"

  • 2. cover with liquid, usually water;

    "The swollen river flooded the village"

    "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

  • 3. supply with an excess of;

    "flood the market with tennis shoes"

    "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

  • 4. become filled to overflowing;

    "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

反义词

n.水灾;涨潮

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其他释义

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