Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense floods, present participle flooding, past tense, past participle flooded
1N-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. 洪水;水灾
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。
Over 25 people drowned when a schoolbus tried to cross a river and flood waters swept through.
2V-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. 淹没;使充满水
The Chicago River flooded the city's underground tunnel system. [VERB noun]
芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。
The kitchen flooded. [VERB]
厨房被水淹了。
flooded
People have been mobilised to build defences and drain flooded land as heavy rains continue to fall.
大雨还在继续下,人们已经被动员起来修筑防洪工事,为遭淹田地排水。
3VERB (尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥 If a river floods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain. (尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥
...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood. [VERB]
引发了 20 条河流泛滥的持续降水
Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable. [VERB noun]
4N-COUNT 大量;大批 If you say that a floodof people or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there. 大量;大批 [emphasis]
The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida. [+ of]
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. [+ of]
6VERB (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. (使)充满;(使)充斥
...a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports. [VERB noun + with]
一项旨在让进口产品充斥欧洲市场的政策
Brokers expect the markets to be flooded with the shares. [VERB noun with noun]
股票经纪人预计股市会充斥着这种股票。
German cameras at knock-down prices flooded the British market. [VERB noun]
...the danger of Europe becoming flooded with low-cost agricultural imports.
低成本的进口农产品充斥欧洲市场的危险
7VERB (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. (情感等)充满,使感受强烈,涌上心头 [literary]
A wave of happiness flooded me. [VERB noun]
我心中涌起一股幸福的暖流。
Mary Ann was flooded with relief . [beVERB-ed + with]
玛丽·安感到无比宽慰。
It was probably the shock which had brought all the memories flooding back. [VERB adv.]
可能是由于突然受到惊吓,所有的记忆一下子全涌现出来。
8VERB (光线)充满,照进 If light floods a place or floods into it, it suddenly fills it. (光线)充满,照进
The afternoon light flooded the little rooms. [VERB]
午后的阳光洒满一间间小屋。
Morning sunshine flooded in through the open curtains. [VERB prep./adv.]
10PHRASE [verb-link 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. (河水)泛滥
11PHRASE 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. 泪如雨下;号啕大哭 [emphasis]
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。
12PHRASAL 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. (洪水)迫使…离开,淹没,冲毁