swamp的意思

基本释义

• n 沼泽；湿地

  land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water

• v 使陷于沼泽；使沉没；使陷入困境

  If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water

例句

1. I spent one whole night by a swamp behind the road listening to frogs.

   我整个晚上都在这条路后面的一个沼泽地旁听蛙鸣。

2. Their electronic navigation failed and a rogue wave swamped the boat.

   他们的电子导航装置失灵了，一个巨浪吞没了那只船。

3. A big wave swamped the boat.

   一个巨浪淹没了那只小舟。

4. Heavy rainfalls swamped the lowlands.

   大雨淹没了低地。

5. The water swamped the parks and the streets.

   水淹没了公园和街道。

6. The heavy rain has swamped the ground floor of the hotel.

   大雨把旅馆的底楼淹没了。1

7. Everything in the boat was swamped.

   船上的东西都浸水了。

短语

• swamp sb with sth
• We are swamped with work.
• The firm is swamped with orders.

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英英释义

swamp什么意思 noun 1. low land that is seasonally flooded has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog Synonym: swampland 2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables e.g. he was trapped in a medical swamp swamp verb 1. fill quickly beyond capacity as with a liquid e.g. the basement was inundated after the storm The images flooded his mind Synonym: delugefloodinundate 2. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged e.g. The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor Synonym: drench

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