swamp

英 [swɒmp]

美 [swɑːmp]

n.  沼泽(地)
v.  使不堪承受; 使疲于应对; 使应接不暇; 淹; 淹没

过去分词：swamped　复数：swamps　过去式：swamped　现在分词：swamping　第三人称单数：swamps　

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牛津词典

noun

• 沼泽（地）
  an area of ground that is very wet or covered with water and in which plants, trees, etc. are growing
  1. tropical swamps
     热带沼泽

verb

• 使不堪承受；使疲于应对；使应接不暇
  to make sb have more of sth than they can deal with
  1. 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。
  2. In summer visitors swamp the island.
     夏天，这个岛上游客熙熙攘攘，人满为患。
• 淹；淹没
  to fill or cover sth with a lot of water
  1. The little boat was swamped by the waves.
     小船被大浪淹没了。

柯林斯词典

• 沼泽(地)
  Aswampis an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
• VERB 淹没;浸没
  If somethingswampsa place or object, it fills it with water.
  1. A rogue wave swamped the boat...
     凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
  2. 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。
• VERB 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
  If youare swampedby things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
  1. He is swamped with work...
     他工作忙得不可开交。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• low land that is seasonally flooded
  Synonym:swampland
• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
  1. he was trapped in a medical swamp

verb

• fill quickly beyond capacity
  1. the basement was inundated after the storm
  2. The images flooded his mind
  Synonym:delugefloodinundate
• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
  1. The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
  Synonym:drench

双语例句

• There must have been a time when the country was all forest and swamp.
  肯定有一段时间这一地区布满了森林和沼泽。
• 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。
• Temperatures in this swamp environment apparently can be cool but not frigid.
  在沼泽环境中的气候显然是凉爽的而不是寒冷的。
• Species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak.
  一个种类；澳大利亚的无叶的灌木；沼泽的橡树。
• A rogue wave swamped the boat
  凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
• He struggled through the swamp, tormented by mosquitoes and leeches.
  他在蚊子和水蛭的骚扰下挣扎着走过了沼泽地。
• Small, shallow ponds have been stocked with red swamp crawfish and are managed for commercial production.
  又小又浅的池塘里挤满了克氏螯虾，并被用于商业化的养殖。
• They suspended their march in front of a swamp.
  他们在一块沼泽地前暂停了行军。
• They drained the swamp and turned it into fertile land.
  他们排去沼泽地的水，将它变成了肥沃的土地。
• American song sparrow and swamp sparrow.
  美洲的歌雀和沼泽雀。