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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The deluge was so torrential that even the wet tyres could not provide sufficient grip.
  暴雨大到雨胎都不足以保证赛车有足够的抓地力。
• The little stream became a deluge after the hurricane.
  飓风一过，这条小溪流变成了滚滚洪水。
• 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。
• But interviewing and thoroughly evaluating every applicant, considering the deluge, would be an enormous and expensive undertaking.
  但是，由于申请人数太多，对每个人进行面试和细致的评估将会是沉重而昂贵的负担。
• You could see him now, in this deluge of distraction.
  现在你在这混乱的暴雨中，能够看见他。
• This has brought a deluge of criticism.
  这一下子招来了铺天盖地的批评。
• But how could such a deluge have occurred?
  但是，这样的浩劫是如何发生的？