| 单词 | swamp |
| 释义 | swamp (once / 361 pages) nv A swamp is an area that floods every year because the land is low. Watch out for alligators if you visit Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, the largest swamp in the United States. Anyone who has spent time in a busy restaurant kitchen has heard harried chefs cry, "I'm in the weeds!" Such people are in a different kind of swamp — the challenging environment in which too many things need to be done in too short a time. Another way of saying this is, "I'm swamped." Here swamp is a verb that describes being stuck in a seemingly endless situation — you feel like you're stuck in the squishy mud of a real swamp. WORD FAMILYswamp: swamped, swamping, swamps, swampy USAGE EXAMPLESAfter the remodeling and expansion, the shop became “swamped” with customers, they recalled. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Then expenditures began swamping revenues in 2014, and by the end of 2015, all of the foundation’s assets were depleted. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) How easily we fall into the trap of seeing female writers as either iconoclastically breaking free from gender roles, or damagingly swamped by them. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1n low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper swampland Everglades a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife Okefenokee Swampa large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia slough a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) wetland a low area where the land is saturated with water 2n a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables he was trapped in a medical swamp Hyper situation a complex or critical or unusual difficulty 3v drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor Syn|Hyper drench flood cover with liquid, usually water 4v fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid Syn|Hyper deluge, flood, inundate fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
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