Deluge
[ 'd?lj?d? ]
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n. 洪水;泛濫;傾盆大雨;
vt. 使淹沒;使泛濫;
?? 詞根助記
de去掉+lug洗,沖洗+e→沖掉→暴雨
?? 例句
I got caught in the deluge on the way home.
我在回家的路上遇到傾盆大雨.
a deluge of visitors
蜂擁而至的參觀者
You could see him now, in this deluge of distraction.
現(xiàn)在你在這混亂的暴雨中，能夠看見他。
We were deluged with inquiries.
詢問使我們應接不暇。
a deluge of visitors
蜂擁而至的參觀者
?? 聯(lián)想助記
【記】※諧音“待游之”:洪水來臨并不可怕,待我游之
※delude-欺騙,deluge-大洪水:大人總是欺騙小孩“大洪水來了”
? 同義詞
?? 詞根
-lav-表示“沖洗”
常見變體有-lus-
?? 牛津釋義
deluge
n
1
(a) great flood or rush of water 洪水; 大水流
When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge. 雪融化時, 山間溪流變成山洪暴發(fā).
(b) heavy fall of rain 大暴雨; 傾盆大雨
I got caught in the deluge on the way home. 我在回家的路上遇到傾盆大雨.
2 (fig 比喻) great quantity of sth that comes all at once 同時涌來的大量事物
a deluge of work, words, letters 涌來的大量工作、 滔滔不絕的話、 紛至沓來的信件. deluge, v [esp passive 尤用於被動語態(tài): Tn, Tn.pr]
1 ~ sth (with sth) flood sth (with sth) （以某物）淹沒某物
The town was deluged with thick slimy mud. 該城到處都是又厚又黏的泥.
2 ~ sb/sth (with sth) (fig 比喻) send or give sb/sth a very large quantity of sth （事物）涌現(xiàn)
I was deluged with phone calls. 我的電話應接不暇.
We advertised the job and were deluged with applications. 我們登出了這項工作的廣告, 收到的申請書不計其數(shù).
?? 擴展釋義
*['delju:d?]n. 大洪水, 泛濫vt. 使泛濫
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No, I did not take the job.
對， 我沒有接受那份工作。
But it looks like that's out of the question.
看現(xiàn)在看來不可能了。
I'd like to give you one of our new catalogs.
我們有新目錄想給你