snowed under
英 [snəʊd ˈʌndə(r)]
美 [snoʊd ˈʌndər]
adj. (因工作或其他事情多而)穷于应付的,忙得不可开交的
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (因工作或事情多而)穷于应付的,忙得不可开交的
If you say that you aresnowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.- Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
埃德出演电视剧的时候收到了大量粉丝的来信。
- Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
双语例句
- Climatic effects of Eurasian snow cover and their impact on the formation of winter monsoon circulation the cars were snowed under by the drifts.
欧亚雪盖的气候效应及其在冬季风形成中的作用车辆被积雪盖没了。 - I'm sorry, I can't meet you for lunch, I'm snowed under this week.
实在抱歉,我不能和你会面共进午餐了,这周我忙得不可开交。 - Snowed under with applications for the job.
求职申请书多得接应不暇。 - At present we are snowed under with work.
目前我们的工作多得应付不了。 - The coming weeks could see you snowed under with work.
下几周你的工作可能会出现问题。 - The celebrity's office is snowed under with fan letters.
那位名人的办公室里堆满了像雪片般飞来的崇拜者的来信。 - The city was struck by the elemental violence of the storm. The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
该城市遭到了大自然强烈风暴的袭击。暴风雪袭击时,狗屋被雪覆盖了。 - Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
埃德出演电视剧的时候收到了大量粉丝的来信。 - The cars were snowed under by drifts.
车辆被积雪盖没了。 - All the fields are snowed under.
整个原野都被大雪覆盖了。