flood
flood
英[flʌd]美[flʌd]
n.洪水，泛滥，溢流，探照灯；
vi.涌出，为水淹没；
vt.淹没；
复数：floods;
第三人称单数：floods;
过去式：flooded;
过去分词：flooded;
现在分词：flooding;
形容词：flooded;
例句
She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.她及时回复如雪片般飞来的大批信件。
We are sympathetic with the flood sufferers.我们同情水灾受难者。
The flood resulted in a considerable reduction in production.这次水灾造成相当大的减产。
They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水。
The flood came through to my garden.洪水直涌入我的园子。
The flood came about as a result of the heavy spring rains.春季的大雨造成了洪水泛滥。
The torrential rain may flood the low-lying land out.这场骤雨有可能把低洼地淹没。
The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.洪水来势凶猛, 很快这个城市就被淹没了。
The flood overflowed the valley.洪水淹没了河谷。
The flood has slipped below the warning stage.洪水已降至警戒水位之下。
英语六级真题
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月听力原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
洪水;水灾
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.
例句
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。V-ERG
淹没;使充满水
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.
例句
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。VERB
(尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥
If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain.
例句
...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。N-COUNT
大量;大批
If you say that a flood of people or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there.
例句
The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida...*府当*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。VERB
大批涌入;大量云集
If you say that people or things flood into a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers.
例句
Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area...大量移民涌入这个地区。Enquiries flooded in from all over the world.世界各地的问询纷至沓来。VERB
(使)充满;(使)充斥
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.
例句
...a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports...一项旨在让进口产品充斥欧洲市场的*策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。VERB
(情感等)充满，使感受强烈，涌上心头
If an emotion, feeling, or thought floods you, you suddenly feel it very intensely. If feelings or memories flood back, you suddenly remember them very clearly.
例句
A wave of happiness flooded me...我心中涌起一股幸福的暖流。Mary Ann was flooded with relief ...玛丽·安感到无比宽慰。VERB
(光线)充满，照进
If light floods a place or floods into it, it suddenly fills it.
例句
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。PHRASE
(河水)泛滥
If a river is in flood, it is flowing over its banks because it has more water in it than normal.
PHRASE
泪如雨下;号啕大哭
If you say that someone was in floods of tears or in a flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset.
例句
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。PHRASAL VERB
(洪水)迫使…离开，淹没，冲毁
If people, places, or things are flooded out, the water from a flood makes it impossible for people to stay in that place or to use that thing.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
(使)为水淹没
Our street floods whenever we have rain.我们的街道一下雨就淹水。Every spring the river floods the valley.每年春天, 河水都会淹没这个溪谷。大量涌来
Letters flooded the office.办公室里到处是信件。（使）充斥，充满
Cheap plastic bowls and buckets flood (into) the market.低廉的塑料碗和塑料桶充斥市场。使大受感动；充满
照进；覆盖
vi.
泛滥, 溢出
After such a storm I'm surprised the river hasn't flooded.这样一场暴风雨之后, 我很惊讶河水竟然没有泛滥。n.
洪水, 水灾
The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.经历了这场特大洪水, 当地人民元气大伤, 很难恢复。大量, 大批（的人或事物）
There followed a great flood of indignation in the newspapers.随后, 报纸连篇累牍地刊载了表示义愤的文章。英英词典释义
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" -ShakespeareVerb
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"行业词典
体育： 涨潮；
公路科技： 洪水；
农学： 洪涝；
地理学： 洪水；
水利： 洪水；(1)河流中水量迅速增加，水位急剧上涨的现象。(2)河流、湖泊、海洋等水位上涨，淹没平时不上水的地方的一种水文现象，常威协有关地方安全或导致淹没灾害。；
法律： 水灾；
海洋科学： 涨潮；又称 :涨潮(flood tide )；
药学： 水灾；
