swamp

英 [swɒmp]

美 [swɑːmp]

n.  沼泽(地)
v.  使不堪承受; 使疲于应对; 使应接不暇; 淹; 淹没

过去分词：swamped　复数：swamps　过去式：swamped　现在分词：swamping　第三人称单数：swamps　

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牛津词典

noun

• 沼泽（地）
  an area of ground that is very wet or covered with water and in which plants, trees, etc. are growing
  1. tropical swamps
     热带沼泽

verb

• 使不堪承受；使疲于应对；使应接不暇
  to make sb have more of sth than they can deal with
  1. The department was swamped with job applications.
     面对纷至沓来的求职申请，这个部门疲于应对。
  2. In summer visitors swamp the island.
     夏天，这个岛上游客熙熙攘攘，人满为患。
• 淹；淹没
  to fill or cover sth with a lot of water
  1. The little boat was swamped by the waves.
     小船被大浪淹没了。

柯林斯词典

• 沼泽(地)
  Aswampis an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
• VERB 淹没;浸没
  If somethingswampsa place or object, it fills it with water.
  1. A rogue wave swamped the boat...
     凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
  2. The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
     本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。
• VERB 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
  If youare swampedby things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
  1. He is swamped with work...
     他工作忙得不可开交。
  2. The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city.
     火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。

英英释义

noun

• low land that is seasonally flooded
  Synonym:swampland
• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
  1. he was trapped in a medical swamp

verb

• fill quickly beyond capacity
  1. the basement was inundated after the storm
  2. The images flooded his mind
  Synonym:delugefloodinundate
• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
  1. The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
  Synonym:drench

双语例句

• The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
  本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。
• The fort flanked on a swamp.
  堡垒侧面靠着沼泽地。
• Poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation.
  泥炭土之上湿软或被淹没的植被之下、排水性差的土壤。
• Swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups.
  北美和欧洲的一种沼泽植物，具有明亮的、类似于毛茛属植物的黄色花朵。
• We work in the swamp.
  我们在沼泽中工作。
• The swamp swarms with mosquitoes and other insects.
  沼泽地到处都有蚊子和小昆虫。
• Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
  在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。
• They are headed dead into the fire swamp.
  他们是朝火沼泽走去了。
• Species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak.
  一个种类；澳大利亚的无叶的灌木；沼泽的橡树。
• A rogue wave swamped the boat
  凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。