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

• 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。
• 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！
• We discuss some developments in this area, including off-lattice structure prediction using the great deluge algorithm.
  我们讨论了这个领域的一些进展，包括使用大洪水算法进行的非晶格结构预测。
• Fifty people drowned in the deluge.
  洪水中有五十个人被淹死。
• But how could such a deluge have occurred?
  但是，这样的浩劫是如何发生的？
• A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post
  大量的手稿开始通过邮递涌来。
• Judging by a sudden deluge of research reports, they now see climate change as the next big thing.
  从研究报告的突然大量涌现来判断，他们目前认为下一件大事将是气候变化。
• This has brought a deluge of criticism.
  这一下子招来了铺天盖地的批评。
• After a deluge of unforecasted snow ruined our original script, I wrote a new one in just one night.
  突然下的暴雪毁坏了我们写的原稿，我仅仅用了一个晚上的时间，就又写了个新的出来。
• 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。