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Awash Covered High Time Water Beach Meaning Adj

英语单词 awash
英美音标 英 [ə'wɒʃ] 美 [ə'wɔːʃ]
中文释义 adj.被淹没的;泛滥的
英语例句 (1) These rocks are awash at high tide.
(2) The ship's deck was awash in the storm.
(3) The town is awash with tourists this time of year.
中文例句 (1) 这些礁石在涨潮时被海水淹没。
(2) 在暴风中轮船的甲板被海水漫过。
(3) 每年这个时候小镇上就到处是游客。
vocabulary简明 When something's awash, it's doused or covered with water. If your canoe is awash with seawater, it's time to start bailing.
vocabulary扩展 A beach might be awash during high tide, and your beach cottage could be awash after a tropical rain. The decks of a boat are often described as being awash during a storm, flooded with water. Things can be figuratively awash, too: "The movie premiere was awash with photographers and fans." Awash was originally a nautical word meaning "flush with," from the 15th century meaning of wash, "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词]被水浸漫的;被淹没的 If the ground or a floor is awash, it is covered in water, often because of heavy rain or as the result of an accident.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • The bathroom floor was awash.

    浴室地板浸在水中。

2
[ADJ 形容词]充斥的;充沛的;充满的 If a place is awash with something, it contains a large amount of it.
  [v-link ADJ]
  • This, after all, is a company which is awash with cash.

    这毕竟是一家现金充裕的公司。

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