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Swamp Swamped Swampy Syn Water Sth Area Wet

The word "swamp" can be used as a verb meaning to overcome with a large quantity of something, or to submerge in water. As a noun, it refers to a waterlogged area of land.

swamp vt. 使陷于沼泽;使沉没;使陷入困境;vi. 下沉;陷入沼泽;陷入困境;不知所措;n. 沼泽;湿地

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/swɒ̱mp/
1
[N-VAR 可变名词]沼泽(地) A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
    2
    [VERB 动词]淹没;浸没 If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water.
      [V n]
    • A rogue wave swamped the boat...

      凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。

    • 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。

    3
    [VERB 动词]使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇 If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
      [be V-ed]
      [usu passive]
    • He is swamped with work...

      他工作忙得不可开交。

    • 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。


    Oxford swamp / swɒmp ; NAmE swɑːmp /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    swamp swamps swamped swamping
    noun [countable ,  uncountable ] an area of ground that is very wet or covered with water and in which plants, trees, etc. are growing 沼泽(地) SYN
    marsh
    tropical swamps 热带沼泽 swampy swampy swampier swampiest / ; NAmE / adjective swampy ground 沼泽地
    verb [often passive ] 1 to make sb have more of sth than they can deal with 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇 SYN
    inundate
    swampsb/sth with sth 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。 swampsb/sth In summer visitors swamp the island. 夏天,这个岛上游客熙熙攘攘,人满为患。
    2 swampsth to fill or cover sth with a lot of water 淹;淹没 SYN
    engulf
    The little boat was swamped by the waves. 小船被大浪淹没了。
    swamp / swɒmp ; NAmE swɑːmp / swampy / ; NAmE /
    LDC
    swamp1 noun
    swamp2 verb
    swampswamp1 /swɒmp $ swɑːmp/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]
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    land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of waterswampy adjective:  the soft, swampy ground
    swamp1 noun
    swamp2 verb
    swampswamp2 verb [transitive]
    Verb Table
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    1to suddenly give someone a lot of work, problems etc to deal with SYN  inundatebe swamped by/with something We’ve been swamped with phone calls since the advert appeared.2to go somewhere or surround something in large numbers, especially in a short period of timebe swamped by/with something In the summer the village is swamped by visitors.GRAMMAR Swamp is usually passive in meanings 1 and 2.3to suddenly cover an area with a lot of water SYN  flood:  Huge waves swamped the vessel.
    WDF

    swamp

    [swɒmp]swamped, swamping, swamps

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    swamped[1311] swamps[1166]
    沼泽(78%),淹没(9%),湿地(8%),困境(4%),使陷于困境(1%)
    vt.使陷于沼泽;使沉没;使陷入困境
    n.沼泽;湿地
    vi.下沉;陷入沼泽;陷入困境;不知所措(过去式swamped,过去分词swamped,现在分词swamping,第三人称单数swamps,名词swampiness,形容词swampy)

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