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

• I'm soaked because I got caught in a deluge without an umbrella.
  我湿透了，因为我撞上了一场暴雨而没带伞。
• 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。
• A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post
  大量的手稿开始通过邮递涌来。
• He confused me with a deluge of polite words.
  他说了一大堆客气话使我不知所措。
• But how could such a deluge have occurred?
  但是，这样的浩劫是如何发生的？
• 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。
• The rain came then: a sudden deluge which pounded on the roof and agaist the windows.
  那时倾盆大雨降临了，砰砰地敲击着屋顶和窗户。
• 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。
• Without software to help filter and organize based on factors we deem relevant, we'd drown in the deluge.
  如果没有软件帮助我们根据我们认为相关的因素对信息进行过滤和组织，我们就会淹没在海量的信息中。
• 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。