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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Collins.2 / BNC.9459 / COCA.6335

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

• Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
  在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。
• American song sparrow and swamp sparrow.
  美洲的歌雀和沼泽雀。
• 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。
• Swamp meadow had the highest community productivity, followed by alpine meadow, alpine steppe, and temperate steppe.
  生产力从高到低的顺序为沼泽草甸>高寒草甸>高寒草原>温性草原。
• Suddenly the farmer changed into a frog and jumped into the swamp.
  农夫立即变成了一只青蛙，跳进了池塘。
• 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 followed their leader into the swamp.
  他们跟随着他们的首领进入了沼泽地。
• 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。
• We were in the great swamp, the Cienaga Grande, another of the myths of my childhood.
  我们驶抵了大沼泽，CienagaGrande，我童年时的又一个神话。
• They suspended their march in front of a swamp.
  他们在一块沼泽地前暂停了行军。