英语词汇“flood”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	flood
释义	flood I. \ˈfləd\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English flood, flod, from Old English flōd; akin to Old High German fluot flood, Old Norse flōth, Gothic flodus; derivatives from the root of English flow 1. archaic : a body of moving water (as a river or stream) especially when large 2. a. : the flowing in of the tide : the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean < there is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune — Shakespeare > — opposed to ebb b. : the highest point of a tide < the tide is nearly at the flood > 3. a. : a rising and overflowing of a body of water that covers land not usually under water : deluge, freshet < a covenant never to destroy the earth again by flood — John Milton > — used with the to identify a flood of especially severity or local interest < still date things around here from the flood, which was about the biggest excitement we ever had > or, usually cap., the worldwide deluge reported in Gen 7 < the Flood in the days of Noah > b. (1) : an outpouring of considerable extent < gave way in a flood of tears > (2) : a great downpour < raining in floods > 4. : the element water < the rocky shore that forms a barrier between earth and flood > < willing to go through fire and flood to gain his objective > 5. a. : a great stream of something (as light or lava) that flows in a steady course b. : a large quantity widely diffused : superabundance < a flood of spurious bank notes > < soon had a flood of invitations > 6. : floodlight Synonyms: see flow II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. a. : to cover or overwhelm with a flood : inundate, deluge < the river flooded the lowlands > b. : to cover or cause to be covered with water or other fluid < in some places it is economical to irrigate by flooding the fields at regular intervals > < flood the bearings with oil > 2. : to fill more or less completely with water or other fluid: a. : to increase the elevation of the water in (a channel) especially in splashing logs or in nullifying the effectiveness of a fall over a dam; also : splash b. : to supply to (the carburetor of an internal-combustion engine) an excess of fuel sufficient to raise the fuel level in the float chamber above the fuel nozzle c. : to fill (as a compartment of a submarine) with water admitted from the sea d. : to fill (an oil sand) with water to expel the oil e. : to apply excessive ink to in printing < the form was flooded and the halftones are too heavy and dark > 3. a. : to fill to full capacity or to excess < shoppers flooded the streets > < afferent impulses flood the brain in certain hysteric states > < flooding the mails with circulars > b. : to distribute something in or provide with something in large quantities < flooding the country with ads > < the room was flooded with light > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to pour or issue like a flood < the milk flooded over the table > : overflow < wine flooding from the glass as her hand shook > b. : to become filled to excess with some fluid < our cellar floods after every heavy rain > c. of a tide : to run high < could tell how the tide was flooding — G.W.Brace > 2. : to have an excessive menstrual flow or a uterine hemorrhage after childbirth
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