单词详解

1. vt. & vi.

A. (使) 为水淹没 (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid)

The street floods whenever it rains. 这条街道一下雨就淹水。

B. 大量涌来

Letters flooded the room. 房间里到处是信件。

C. 充满 (cover with liquid, usually water)

Cheap plastic bowls flood (into) the market. 低廉的塑料碗充斥市场。

2. vi.

泛滥，溢出 (become filled to overflowing)

After such a heavy storm I'm surprised the river hasn't flooded.

这样一场严重的暴风雨之后，我惊讶的是河水竟然没有泛滥。

3. n.

洪水，水灾 (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)

The flood made many people homeless. 水灾让许多人无家可归。

相关词组

at the flood正当高潮，在最有利的时机

He has sold his shares in big quantities at the flood.

他在最有利的时机已经把他的股票大量抛了出去。

相关单词

近义词：overflow

反义词：draught, drain

过去式：flooded

过去分词：flooded

现在分词：flooding

第三人称单数：floods

复数：floods