inundate

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vt. 浸水, 泛滥, 淹没, 使充满

发音

UK /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/
其它
UK /ˈɪn.ʌnˌdeɪt/
UK /ɪˈnʌn.deɪt/
CA /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/
US /ˈɪn.ənˌdeɪt/
AU /ˈɪn.ənˌdæɪt/
NZ /ˈən.ənˌdæɪt/

词形变化

inundated inundates 三单 inundates inundatest inundating inundating 现在分词 inundated 过去式 inundated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cover with large amounts of water; to flood.

    淹没

    The Dutch would sometimes inundate the land to hinder the Spanish army.

  2. 2.

    To overwhelm.

    泛滥

    The agency was inundated with phone calls.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

flood swamp deluge submerge

上位词 3

fill flood fill up

词源

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin inundātus, the perfect passive participle of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- + undō (“to overflow, wave”), from unda (“wave”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary