单词	swamp
释义	swamp1 nounswamp2 verb swampswamp1 /swɒmp $ swɑːmp/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINswamp1 Origin: 1600-1700 sump ‘swamp’ (15-20 centuries); ➔ SUMP Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But witnesses in a nearby aircraft said the plane flew directly into the swamp. On the walls are framed prints of herons and egrets in cypress swamps and watery glades. Tax revenues allocated for education disappeared into a swamp of corruption. The ceaseless deluge had turned the small front yard of the cottage into a swamp. The following day we flew into the swamps in a six-seater plane. The middle of United's notorious pitch was a swamp long before kick-off, posing the threat of stamina-sapping conditions. With its loss of flow, the river's old mouth had silted up, thus forming the lagoon and swamp. Thesaurus THESAURUS► marsh an area of low flat ground that is always wet and soft, that often has grasses or reeds growing in it but no trees: · The low hills you can see are like islands surrounded by the marsh.· Miles of salt marsh (=which has salt water under it because it is near the sea) stretched before us, reaching to the shores of the River Severn.· Hackney Marshes· the rustling of the marsh grass ► swamp land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water, that often has trees growing in it – used especially about areas in hot countries: · the swamps of Florida· Less than 200 years ago, the city was a swamp, infested by mosquitoes. ► bog an area of low wet muddy ground, sometimes with bushes or grasses growing in it: · His foot started slowly sinking into the bog.· The destruction of peat bogs is contributing to global warming, according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth. ► wetland an area of land that is partly covered with water, and that has grasses and other plants growing in it – often used about areas that are important to birds or wildlife: · The ecosystem of the world 's largest wetland, the Pantanal in southwest Brazil, is being threatened by tourists.· wetland birds ► fen a large area of low flat wet land – used especially about the area of this type of land in eastern England in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire, which is known as the Fens: · He grew up in the Fens· Intensive cultivation and continued drainage of the Fens further accelerates the degradation of the land. ► mire literary an area of wet muddy ground, which people and vehicles etc get stuck in: · The wagon was stuck fast in the mire.· The rain was turning the highway into a mire. WORD SETS► Geography abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun land that is always very wet or covered with a layer of water—swampy adjective:  the soft, swampy ground swamp1 nounswamp2 verb swampswamp2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE swamp Simple Form Present I, you, we, they swamp he, she, it swamps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they swamped Present perfect I, you, we, they have swamped he, she, it has swamped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had swamped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will swamp Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have swamped Continuous Form Present I am swamping he, she, it is swamping you, we, they are swamping Past I, he, she, it was swamping you, we, they were swamping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been swamping he, she, it has been swamping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been swamping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be swamping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been swamping Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES About 3000 years ago a tidal wave swamped the coastal lowlands of Greece, causing massive destruction. The dam burst, swamping the valley and hundreds of homes. The river jumped its banks and swamped hundreds of homes. Water the young plants well, but don't swamp them. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A kid would challenge me and fear would rise inside my stomach like fog on the Bay and swamp me. It crushes our potentialities and invades our lives with its imported products and televised movies that swamp the airwaves. Now the fixes will get fewer; and sheer traffic growth will soon swamp any gains. Still, the aspect of that news which affected himself was uppermost in his mind, threatening to swamp such minor worries. Tension choked them: they could feel it rising up their throats, threatening to swamp their brains. There are extra shopping centres and the Lady Godiva statue now has a marquee-like canopy swamping it. They swamped me with their cameras, tape recorders and notebooks. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto get so many things to do that you cannot deal with them► be swamped with · Susan is always swamped with work this time of year.· Since we started the advice service we have been swamped with requests from people who need help. ► be inundated with to get so many telephone calls, offers, answers etc after a statement or request has been made, that it is difficult to deal with them all: · Cameron claims he has been inundated with film offers.· Our Houston office has been inundated with calls in the last few days. to make someone or something wet► get something wet especially spoken to make something wet, especially by not taking enough care to keep it dry: · Don't splash me - I don't want to get my hair wet.· How did you manage to get the bathroom floor so wet?· She can't wash the dishes without getting the front of her clothes all wet. ► wet to deliberately put water or other liquid onto something: · The other hairdresser usually wets my hair before she cuts it.· She wet her index finger and cleaned the spot off the mirror.· Wetting the toothbrush before you put the toothpaste on makes the bristles softer. ► soak if you soak something, you leave it in water for a long time in order to make it clean, soft etc. If water or another liquid soaks something, it makes it very wet: · Soak the beans overnight before cooking.· The rain had come in through the bottom of our tent and completely soaked our clothes.soak something in something: · Soak a piece of cotton in water and use it to clean the wound. ► splash to make someone or something wet by making a lot of small drops of water fall onto them, either deliberately or accidentally: · The kids were playing around in the pool, splashing each other.splash on/over: · He knocked over her cup and splashed coffee all over her new dress.splash somebody/something with something: · A motorcycle sped past, splashing all the spectators with mud. ► drench to make someone or something extremely wet with a large amount of water: · He turned the hose on us and drenched us all.· Blood was pouring from the cut, drenching his shirt. ► flood to cover an area of land with a large amount of water: · Farmers flood the fields in order to grow rice.· In the rainy season the river can rise rapidly to flood the valley in a few hours. ► swamp to suddenly cover something completely with a large amount of water, especially in a way that causes damage: · Water the young plants well, but don't swamp them.· The dam burst, swamping the valley and hundreds of homes.· About 3000 years ago a tidal wave swamped the coastal lowlands of Greece, causing massive destruction. ► saturate to completely cover or fill something with liquid, so that it is wet all the way through: · Heavy rains had saturated the ground, turning the streets into rivers.· Saturate the label with vinegar and let it sit before you try to scrape it off the bottle. 1to suddenly give someone a lot of work, problems etc to deal with SYN  inundatebe swamped by/with something We’ve been swamped with phone calls since the advert appeared.2to go somewhere or surround something in large numbers, especially in a short period of timebe swamped by/with something In the summer the village is swamped by visitors.GRAMMAR Swamp is usually passive in meanings 1 and 2.3to suddenly cover an area with a lot of water SYN  flood:  Huge waves swamped the vessel.
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