名詞 flood:

1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
   同義詞：inundation, deluge, alluvion
2. an overwhelming number or amount
   同義詞：inundation, deluge, torrent
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
   同義詞：floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
4. a large flow
   同義詞：overflow, outpouring
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
   同義詞：flowage
6. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) -Shakespeare
   同義詞：flood tide, rising tide

動(dòng)詞 flood:

1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
   同義詞：deluge, inundate, swamp
2. cover with liquid, usually water
3. supply with an excess of
   同義詞：oversupply, glut
4. become filled to overflowing

1. Japanese cars have flooded the American market.
   日本汽車(chē)已充斥美國(guó)市場(chǎng)。
2. The office was flooded with complaints.
   辦事處收到如洪水般涌至的投訴信件。
3. The tide is at the flood.
   潮水正在高漲。
4. Half the village were flooded out by a burst water main.
   由於總水管破裂，半數(shù)村民被迫離開(kāi)了家。
5. Applications flooded into the office.
   申請(qǐng)書(shū)像潮水般涌進(jìn)辦公室。
6. The town was destroyed by the floods after the storm.
   暴風(fēng)雨后的洪水沖毀了這座城鎮(zhèn)。
7. Settlers flooded from Europe to America in the 19th century.
   十九世紀(jì)歐洲移民紛紛涌到了美國(guó)。
8. Every spring the river floods the valley.
   每年春天河水把山谷淹沒(méi)。

flood

n.（名詞）
An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
洪水：正常情況下干燥為陸地地區(qū)的水泛濫
A flood tide.
漲潮
An abundant flow or outpouring:
大量：充足的流量或注入量：
例句：
received a flood of applications.See Synonyms at flow
收到大量的求職信參見(jiàn) flow

A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.
探照燈：探照燈，尤指能產(chǎn)生一束強(qiáng)光的裝置
Flood The universal deluge recorded in the Old Testament as having occurred during the life of Noah. Often used withthe.
Flood 諾亞時(shí)期的大洪水：舊約全書(shū)上記載的發(fā)生在諾亞生活時(shí)期的大洪水。常與the 連用
v.（動(dòng)詞）
flood.ed,flood.ing,floods
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cover or submerge with or as if with a flood; inundate:
淹沒(méi)；泛濫：以洪水或象以洪水似地覆蓋或淹沒(méi)；泛濫：
例句：
My desk is flooded with paper.
我的桌子上堆滿了紙

To fill with an abundance or an excess:
充斥：以豐富或過(guò)多的東西充滿：
例句：
flood the market with cheap foreign goods.
市場(chǎng)上充斥著廉價(jià)的外國(guó)貨

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To become inundated or submerged.
淹沒(méi)：變得泛濫或淹沒(méi)
To pour forth; overflow.
流失；溢出

來(lái)源：
Middle English flod
中古英語(yǔ) flod
from Old English flôd * see pleu-
源自 古英語(yǔ) flôd *參見(jiàn) pleu-