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Whelm V English H)welm 用…覆盖,淹没 英 V.用…覆盖,淹没 Cover

单词 whelm
音标 [(h)welm]
解释 v. 用…覆盖,淹没
红宝书 【英】 v.用…覆盖,淹没 (to cover or engulf completely)
【记】 参考: overwhelm(压倒一切)
【例】 The avalanche whelmed the mountain village in tons of snow.
字源 whelm (v.)
early 14c., probably from a parallel form of Old English -hwielfan (West Saxon), -hwelfan (Mercian), in ahwelfan "cover over;" probably altered by association with Old English helmian "to cover," from Proto-Germanic *hwalbjan, from PIE *kwelp- "to arch" (see gulf (n.)).
不择手段背单词 v. 覆盖; 淹没
【记】是overwhelm(v 压倒一切)的逆构词.
趣味全助记 【记】overwhelm 淹没,制服, 压倒

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