[N-VAR 可变名词]沼泽(地) A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
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[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。
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[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。
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swamp/swɒmp; NAmEswɑːmp/
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verb
swampswampsswampedswampingnoun[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▶swampyswampyswampierswampiest/; NAmE/adjective◆swampy ground沼泽地verb[often passive ]1to 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。2swampsth 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; NAmEswɑːmp/swampy/; NAmE/
land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water—swampy adjective: the soft, swampy ground
swamp1 noun
swamp2 verb
swampswamp2 verb [transitive]
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1to suddenly give someone a lot of work, problems etc to deal withSYN 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.GRAMMARSwamp is usually passive in meanings 1 and 2.3to suddenly cover an area with a lot of waterSYN flood: Huge waves swamped the vessel.
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