单词 | whelm |
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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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