inundate
英 ['ɪnʌndeɪt]
美['ɪnʌndet]
- vt. 淹没；泛滥；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来
词态变化
第三人称单数: inundates;过去式: inundated;过去分词: inundated;现在分词: inundating;名词: inundation;
助记提示
1. abundant => inundate.
中文词源
inundate 淹没，使应接不暇
in-,进入，使，-und,流动，波浪，词源同undulate,water.即流进来的，淹没，引申词义应接不暇。
英英释意
- 1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;
- "the basement was inundated after the storm"
- "The images flooded his mind"
- 2. fill or cover completely, usually with water
英文词源
- inundate
- inundate: see undulate
- inundate (v.)
- 1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (see inundation). Related: Inundated; inundating.
实用场景例句
- We have been inundated with offers of help.
- 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
牛津词典
- Her office was inundated with requests for tickets...
- 她所在的售票处收到铺天盖地的购票请求。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They have inundated me with fan letters.
- 他们转给我的粉丝来信让我应接不暇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their neighborhood is being inundated by the rising waters of the Colorado River.
- 他们的街区正被科罗拉多河上涨的河水淹没。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Deluge: To overrun with water; inundate.
- 淹没: 被水淹没; 使泛滥.
期刊摘选
- I rigid seek in inundate on the road, that praise and immortal real love.
- 我执着地求索在漫路上, 那传颂和不朽的真爱.
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