| 单词 | inundation |
| 释义 | inundation (once / 2792 pages) n An overabundance of something is an inundation. If you got an inundation of requests for your famous chocolate cupcakes, you better get baking! If you advertised a free piano in the local newspaper, you might get an inundation of emails in response, and your picnic on the grass could be ruined by an inundation of ants. Inundation can also refer specifically to a flood of water, like when a riverbank is at risk of inundation after several days of heavy rain. This makes sense as the root word in Latin is inundationem, "an overflowing." WORD FAMILYinundation: inundations+/inundate: inundated, inundates, inundating, inundation USAGE EXAMPLESThis Micronesian country of coral atolls faces worsening droughts, tropical storms, coral bleaching, coastal inundation and flooding – all exacerbated by rising temperatures and sea levels. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) What is often called “nuisance” flooding — inundation caused more by tides than weather — is already affecting property values. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) The biggest problem, however, is that the seawall itself – the only thing protecting Sukaesih’s community from inundation – is sinking. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) 1n an overwhelming number or amount Syn|Hyper deluge, flood, torrent batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 2n the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land plains fertilized by annual inundations Syn|Hypo|Hyper alluvion, deluge, flood debacle flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflooda sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings floodheada wall of water rushing ahead of the flood geological phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
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