deluge

英 [ˈdeljuːdʒ]

美 [ˈdeljuːdʒ]

n.  暴雨; 大雨; 洪水; 涌现的事物; 蜂拥而至的事物
v.  使涌来; 使充满; 泛滥; 淹没

过去分词：deluged　过去式：deluged　现在分词：deluging　复数：deluges　第三人称单数：deluges　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18492 / COCA.16257

牛津词典

noun

• 暴雨；大雨；洪水
  a sudden very heavy fall of rain
• 涌现的事物；蜂拥而至的事物
  a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time
  1. a deluge of calls/complaints/letters
     接连不断的电话；没完没了的投诉；纷至沓来的信件

verb

• 使涌来；使充满
  to send or give sb/sth a large number of things at the same time
  1. We have been deluged with applications for the job.
     申请这个工作的求职信使我们应接不暇。
• 泛滥；淹没
  to flood a place with water
  1. The campsite was deluged by a flash flood.
     露营地被突发的洪水淹没。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 大量涌来;大批泛滥
  Adeluge ofthings is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
  1. A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post...
     大量的手稿开始通过邮递涌来。
  2. This has brought a deluge of criticism.
     这一下子招来了铺天盖地的批评。
• VERB 使涌现;使充满
  If a place or personis deluged withthings, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time.
  1. During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints.
     1933 年间，大量的投诉信涌进了巴本的办公室。
• N-COUNT 暴雨;(突降的)大雨
  Adelugeis a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
  1. About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
     在这场暴雨中大约有十几家房屋被毁。
• VERB (暴雨)袭击，使泛滥
  If raindelugesa place, it falls very heavily there, sometimes causing floods.
  1. At least 150 people are believed to have died after two days of torrential rain deluged the capital.
     连续两天的滂沱大雨致使首都积水成灾，据信至少已有 150 人死亡。

英英释义

noun

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  1. plains fertilized by annual inundations
  Synonym:floodinundationalluvion
• a heavy rain
  Synonym:downpourcloudburstwaterspouttorrentpeltersoaker
• an overwhelming number or amount
  1. a flood of requests
  2. a torrent of abuse
  Synonym:floodinundationtorrent

verb

• fill or cover completely, usually with water
  Synonym:inundatesubmerge
• charge someone with too many tasks
  Synonym:overwhelmflood out
• fill quickly beyond capacity
  1. the basement was inundated after the storm
  2. The images flooded his mind
  Synonym:floodinundateswamp

双语例句

• This is a water tower that will house a water deluge system designed to allow rockets to dump water in order to dampen vibrations from heating when ignition begins.
  这是一个水塔，将房子一水泛滥的制度设计，让火箭倾倒水，以打击从点火取暖时开始振动。
• Fifty people drowned in the deluge.
  洪水中有五十个人被淹死。
• When I wrote about names the other week I had a deluge of e-mails from female readers, particularly in Asia or the US, asking why I had done this.
  有一周，我写了一篇关于姓名的专栏，结果收到了大量女性读者的电子邮件，尤其是亚洲和美国的读者，问我为什么这样做。
• And a deluge of water drenched the prone martyr's remains!
  随即就是一股洪水哗地一声泼下来，把这位躺在地上的殉情者的遗体浇得透湿！
• In the old paintings of the deluge there is a mother holding her child thus.
  在有些洪水成灾的古代油画中，一个母亲就是这样举着她的孩子的。
• I can't go out tonight because I've got a deluge of work to do.
  今晚我不能出去了，因为我有大量的工作要做。
• Hundreds of children were crushed as the floors collapsed in a deluge of falling bricks and concrete.
  随着楼层的垮塌，数以百计的儿童被掩埋在如暴雨般跌落的砖块和水泥之下。
• He confused me with a deluge of polite words.
  他说了一大堆客气话使我不知所措。
• Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge.
  任何一个生活在大洪水以前的早期的创办人。
• The newspaper received a deluge of letters and phone calls about the article.
  关于那篇文章，报社收到了大量来信和接到了大量的电话。