floods

英 [flʌdz]

美 [flʌdz]

n.  洪水; 水灾; 大批，大量(的人或事物)
v.  (使)灌满水; 淹没; 泛滥; 大量涌入; 蜂拥而出
flood的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 洪水;水灾
  If there is aflood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example when a river flows over its banks or a pipe bursts.
  1. More than 70 people were killed in the floods, caused when a dam burst...
     大坝决口造成洪灾，70 多人因此丧生。
  2. This is the type of flood dreaded by cavers...
     这正是洞穴探险者害怕的那种洪水。
  3. Over 25 people drowned when a schoolbus tried to cross a river and flood waters swept through.
     一辆校车试图过河时遭遇洪水来袭，造成逾 25 人溺水身亡。
• V-ERG 淹没;使充满水
  If something such as a river or a burst pipefloodsan area that is usually dry or if the areafloods, it becomes covered with water.
  1. The Chicago River flooded the city's underground tunnel system...
     芝加哥河的河水淹没了城市的地下隧道系统。
  2. The kitchen flooded.
     厨房被水淹了。
• VERB (尤指暴雨后河水)泛滥
  If a riverfloods, it overflows, especially after very heavy rain.
  1. ...the relentless rain that caused twenty rivers to flood...
     引发了 20 条河流泛滥的持续降水
  2. Many streams have flooded their banks, making some roads impassable.
     许多小河的水已经漫过堤岸，造成一些道路不能通行。
• N-COUNT 大量;大批
  If you say that afloodofpeople or things arrive somewhere, you are emphasizing that a very large number of them arrive there.
  1. The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida...
     政府当局正试图阻止大批难民逃离海地，进入佛罗里达。
  2. He received a flood of letters from irate constituents.
     他收到愤怒的选区居民洪水般涌来的信件。
• VERB 大批涌入;大量云集
  If you say that people or thingsfloodinto a place, you are emphasizing that they arrive there in large numbers.
  1. Large numbers of immigrants flooded into the area...
     大量移民涌入这个地区。
  2. Enquiries flooded in from all over the world.
     世界各地的问询纷至沓来。
  3. ...the refugees flooding out of Kosovo.
     逃离科索沃的难民群
• VERB (使)充满;(使)充斥
  If youflooda placewitha particular type of thing, or if a particular type of thingfloodsa place, the place becomes full of so many of them that it cannot hold or deal with any more.
  1. ...a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports...
     一项旨在让进口产品充斥欧洲市场的政策
  2. Brokers expect the markets to be flooded with the shares...
     股票经纪人预计股市会充斥着这种股票。
  3. German cameras at knock-down prices flooded the British market.
     德国产的廉价相机充斥着英国市场。
• VERB (情感等)充满，使感受强烈，涌上心头
  If an emotion, feeling, or thoughtfloodsyou, you suddenly feel it very intensely. If feelings or memoriesflood back, you suddenly remember them very clearly.
  1. A wave of happiness flooded me...
     我心中涌起一股幸福的暖流。
  2. Mary Ann was flooded with relief ...
     玛丽·安感到无比宽慰。
  3. It was probably the shock which had brought all the memories flooding back.
     可能是由于突然受到惊吓，所有的记忆一下子全涌现出来。
• See also:The afternoon light flooded the little rooms...Morning sunshine flooded in through the open curtains.flash flood
• (河水)泛滥
  If a river isin flood, it is flowing over its banks because it has more water in it than normal.
• PHRASE 泪如雨下;号啕大哭
  If you say that someone was infloods of tearsor ina flood of tears, you are emphasizing that they were crying with great intensity because they were very upset.
  1. The pain was so bad that I would be in floods of tears...
     疼痛难忍，我就快大哭起来了。
  2. They said goodbye in a flood of tears.
     他们痛哭流涕地道别。
• PHRASAL VERB (洪水)迫使…离开，淹没，冲毁
  If people, places, or thingsare flooded out, the water from a flood makes it impossible for people to stay in that place or to use that thing.
  1. Train lines were flooded out...
     铁路线被洪水冲毁。
  2. The river flooded them out every few years.
     每隔几年他们就会因这条河的泛滥而被迫离开家园。

双语例句

• The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
  经历了这场特大洪水，当地人民元气大伤，很难恢复。
• The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
  洪水开始退去，留下一些沼泽地。
• Forecasting floods is not an exact science.
  对洪水的预测并不是一门精确科学。
• The floods covered large areas on both banks of the river.
  洪水淹没了河两岸的大片地区。
• The rocks carry scour marks left by floods.
  岩石上有被洪水冲刷过的痕迹。
• Floods and landslides to hinder the enemy.
  牵制了敌人行动的洪水和山崩。
• The pain was so bad that I would be in floods of tears
  疼痛难忍，我就快大哭起来了。
• The floods are the worst in living memory
  那次洪水是人们记忆中最严重的一次。
• In China itself storms, floods and earthquakes brought pestilence and suffering.
  在中国本土，暴雨、洪水和地震带来了瘟疫和苦难。
• They sandbagged their homes to keep out floods.
  他们在房屋周围堆沙袋以抵御洪水的侵袭。