| 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]
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]
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