swamp 详细解释

swamp

[swɔmp]

n.沼泽, 湿地, 困境
v.淹没, 使陷于困境,使忙于应付

n.

1. 沼泽; 沼泽地[C][U]

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。

2. 困境[C]

Their company is in a financial swamp.

他们的公司陷入了财政困境。

vt.

1. 使陷入沼泽; 使湿透

The horses were swamped in the stream.

这些马陷在河里。

2. 使沉没; 淹没

The boat was swamped in the storm.

那条小船在暴风雨中沉没了。

3. 使陷入困境; 使忙得不可开交[H]

His secretary was swamped with work.

他秘书的工作多得难以招架。

4. 【美】彻底击败

Henry swamped Jack 13-6.

亨利以十三比六击败杰克。

5. 清除; 开辟[(+out)]

They swamped out a small landing strip.

他们开辟了一个简易小机场。

vi.

1. 陷入沼泽(或水中)

2. 下沉; 被淹没

Their boat swamped.

他们的船被淹没了。

3. 陷入困境; 穷于应付, 不知所措

词形变化

形容词: swampy | 名词: swampiness | 动词过去式: swamped | 动词过去分词: swamped | 动词现在分词: swamping | 动词第三人称单数: swamps |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.淹没

sink  flood  overwhelm

n.沼泽

marsh  bog  

同义参见:

fen  morass  

英英释义

名词 swamp:

low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

同义词:swampland

a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

动词 swamp:

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

同义词:drench

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

同义词:deluge, flood, inundate

补充

swampswamp英:[swɔmp] 美:[swɑmp, swɔmp]n.1.沼泽(地)vt.1.淹没; 沉没Heavy rainfalls swamped the lowlands.大雨淹没了低地。A big wave swamped the boat.一个巨浪淹没了那只小舟。2.使困窘; 忙得不可开交We are swamped with work.我们被工作压得透不过气来。The firm is swamped with orders.大量订单使那家工厂应接不暇。

例句

1. Sudden heavy seas swamped the ship.突如其来的汹涌海浪吞没了那艘船。 2. The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.本图拉河决堤, 淹没了活动板房区。 3. He is swamped with work.他工作忙得不可开交。 4. The switchboard was swamped with complaining calls.投诉电话使接线总机应接不暇。 5. For a brief, sickening moment, the humiliation she had suffered in this man's hands tried to swamp her.有那么一小会儿, 他的羞辱叫她极为反感, 几乎要受不了了。 6. His words were swamped by the laughter.他的话淹没在笑声之中。 7. The flood swamped the whole village.洪水淹没了整个村庄。 8. Slowly his car was swamped down the lake.他的汽车缓慢地沉入了湖中。 9. All our feet were swamped in the mud.我们的脚都陷在淤泥中了。 10. He was swamped with his wife.他和他的妻子之间的关系有些紧张。 11. He swamped us with work.他交给我们的工作令我们难以招架。 12. to be swamped in papers文件多得看不过来 13. So, what I said is swamped.就是说,我说的话全白说啦。 14. Brace up! You haven't been swamped yet. You still have a chance to triumph over him.振作起来!你还没有被彻底击败,你还有机会战胜他。 15. The shrubbery has been swamped out by us.我们已把灌木丛清理干净了。 16. to swamp wasteland开拓荒地 17. Their boat swamped in the storm.他们的船在风浪的冲击下沉没了。 18. the ceaseless deluge had turned the lawn into a swamp.无休无止的暴雨把草坪都变成沼泽了。 19. a huge wave swamped the canoes.一个巨浪淹没了独木船。 20. feelings of guilt suddenly swamped her.罪恶感突然吞没了她。 21. the country was swamped with goods from abroad.这个国家舶来品泛滥。 22. The fishing boat was swamped by enormous waves.渔船被巨浪淹没。 23. We've been swamped with applications for the job.工作申请书多得使我们穷于应付。 24. The area is mostly swamp. [=swampland]这个地区大部分是沼泽。 25. Alligators live in the lowland swamps.钝吻鳄生活在低地沼泽中。 26. swampy land沼泽地 27. The sea level rose and swamped the coastal villages.海平面上升淹没了沿海村落。 28. The boat sank after it was swamped by waves.船被海浪吞没,沉入水中。 29. The agency has been swamped by requests for assistance.大量援助申请使这个机构忙得不可开交。 30. I'm swamped with work right now. [=I'm extremely busy right now]眼下我忙得抽不开身。 31. "Because of the new laws, we were swamped with paperwork."由于新的法律出台,文案工作多得令我们难以招架。 32. "In the summer, the town is swamped with/by tourists."夏季,小镇里总是挤满了游客。