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flood

英 [flʌd] 美[flʌd]
  • vt. 淹没;充满;溢出
  • vi. 涌出;涌进;为水淹没
  • n. 洪水;泛滥;一大批
  • n. (Flood)人名;(英)弗勒德;(瑞典、芬)弗洛德

英英释意


1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
2. an overwhelming number or amount;
"a flood of requests"
"a torrent of abuse"
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
4. a large flow
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
6. the inward flow of the tide;
"a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare