flood
/flʌd/
n. / v.
一句话记住
洪水；大量涌入的事物；淹没；大量涌入；充满
释义与例句
n.
洪水；大量涌入的事物
a large amount of water covering land that is normally dry, or a very large number of things arriving together
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The floods destroyed homes and crops along the river.
洪水摧毁了沿河地区的房屋和庄稼。
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Heavy rain caused a serious flood in the town centre.
暴雨在市中心引发了严重洪灾。
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The announcement led to a flood of applications.
公告发布后，申请大量涌来。
v.
淹没；大量涌入；充满
to cover a place with water, or to go somewhere or arrive in very large numbers
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The river burst its banks and flooded nearby villages.
河水决堤，淹没了附近村庄。
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Sunlight flooded through the open windows.
阳光从敞开的窗户倾泻而入。
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Refugees flooded across the border in search of safety.
难民大批越过边境寻求安全。
词源与构词
源自古英语 flōd，原指流动的水、潮水或洪流，后指淹没陆地的洪水及大量涌入的事物。
记忆钩子
flood 既指具体“洪水”，也可比喻 a flood of messages（海量信息）；动词则表示“淹没、涌入”。
词族与关联词
词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
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flooding 洪水；水淹指发生洪水的现象或地区被淹的情况。
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floodwater 洪水指洪水中的水体，常用 floodwaters 表示大范围洪水。
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floodplain 洪泛平原；泛滥平原指河流涨水时可能被淹没的平坦地区。
同义词
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deluge 暴雨；洪水；大量涌现deluge 可指暴雨、洪灾，也常比喻大量事物突然涌来；flood 是更常用的普通词，名词和动词均可。The newspaper received a deluge of complaints. 这家报社收到了大量投诉。
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overflow 溢出；漫过overflow 强调超过容器或河道容量而溢出；flood 强调水覆盖平时干燥的地方，或人群、事物大量涌入。The sink overflowed because the drain was blocked. 因为下水道堵塞，水槽里的水溢了出来。
反义词
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drought 干旱The drought caused severe water shortages. 干旱造成了严重缺水。
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trickle 细流；少量缓慢移动Only a trickle of visitors arrived in the first hour. 第一个小时只有零星几位游客到来。
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
常见搭配
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a flash flood 暴洪；山洪A flash flood swept through the valley after the storm. 暴风雨过后，一场暴洪席卷了山谷。
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flood damage 洪灾损失；洪水破坏The insurance policy does not cover flood damage. 这份保险单不承保洪灾损失。
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a flood of 大量的；蜂拥而至的The company received a flood of emails from angry customers. 公司收到愤怒顾客蜂拥而至的大量电子邮件。