释义 |
floodwaterflood‧wa‧ter /ˈflʌdwɔːtə $ -wɒːtər, -wɑː-/ noun [plural, uncountable] - 2500 residents were forced out of their homes by floodwaters.
- At Challow in Oxfordshire, deep floodwater meant it was strictly snails pace only for motorist.
- Each wave brought more floodwater through those broken windows, negating the work of sump-pumps.
- Elsewhere, vehicles were stranded in the middle of lakes of floodwater.
- Looking out to the west, I thought I could see floodwater, but it was smoke.
- Mekinock was evacuated when floodwater washed through town.
- No one in town has taken floodwater, though some basements are wet from seepage.
- The floodwater, carrying branches and driftwood, was over the roadway on the curved iron bridge.
- The rate of rise of floodwater in normally dry watercourses is, in many cases, extreme.
water that covers an area during a flood |