请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 awash
释义
  • English
  • American

awashadjective [ after verb ]

uk/əˈwɒʃ/us/əˈwɑːʃ/

covered with a liquid, especially water:

By the time I discovered the problem, the floor was awash.

having an amount of something that is very large or larger than necessary or wanted:

The city is awash with drugs and the police are powerless to do anything about it.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Full

  • alive
  • alive with sth idiom
  • be a rich seam to mine idiom
  • be riddled with sth idiom
  • be shot through with sth idiom
  • bristle
  • burst
  • congested
  • crowded
  • flooded
  • heaping
  • heaving
  • heavy with sth idiom
  • jam-packed
  • riddled
  • rife
  • sardine
  • saturation point
  • seam
  • seethe

See more results »

awashadjective

us/əˈwɑʃ, əˈwɔʃ/

covered with a liquid, usually water:

They believe that the red planet was not only awash in water at one time, but also may have supported life.

If someone or some place is awash in something that is not a liquid, there is a large amount of it:

The reason why I say that is because the country is awash in money.
随便看

 

英语词典包含110679条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 17:18:27