inundation

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n. 淹水, 洪水, 大水

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词形变化

inundations 复数 inundations

教材释义与例句

名词

洪水；泛滥

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

    洪水

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  2. 2.

    The state of being inundated; flooding.

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  3. 3.

    An overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx.

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    There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

flood torrent deluge alluvion

上位词 10

lot deal mess plenty sight mountain pot mass pile stack

下位词 2

debacle flash flood

词源

From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (English inundate). By surface analysis, inundat(e) + -ion.

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