中英互译
swamp
英 /swɒmp/美 /swɑːmp/
基本释义
- n.湿地，沼泽地
- v.浸没，吞没；（喻）压倒，淹没；使疲于应对，使应接不暇；（大批人等）涌入（某处），包围（某人）；极大地影响（某人），使崩溃；<非正式>（衣服）太大而不适合
复数swamps
第三人称单数swamps
现在分词swamping
过去式swamped
过去分词swamped
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词语例句
湿地，沼泽地n.
There is mostly swamp in the south of the town.
镇子南边的地方大部分是沼泽。
I spent one whole night by a swamp behind the road listening to frogs.
我整个晚上都在这条路后面的一个沼泽地旁听蛙鸣。
浸没，吞没vt.&vi.
The little boat was swamped by the waves.
小船被大浪淹没了。
A boat became swamped and was sinking.
一艘船被海浪吞没，沉入海底。
（喻）压倒，淹没vt.
六级She was swamped by feelings of guilt.
罪恶感吞没了她。
Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began.
大萧条开始以来，成人教育的公共机构已经被席卷而来的浪潮淹没，并且泥足深陷。
使疲于应对，使应接不暇vt.
The department was swamped with job applications.
面对纷至沓来的求职申请，这个部门疲于应对。
- The site for the airport will be reclaimed from the swamp.这片湿地将会被开发来建机场。来自《牛津词典》
- I spent one whole night by a swamp behind the road listening to frogs.我整个晚上都在这条路后面的一个沼泽地旁听蛙鸣。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.大象经常会在肯尼亚东部沼泽塔纳河各处被发现。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
网络短语
- Swamp Thing沼泽怪物；沼泽异形；沼泽怪；沼泽异形专辑
- swamp fever沼地热；疟疾；沼泽激战；沼泽热
- Swamp Shark沼泽狂鲨；影片原名；片
- Zapata Swamp萨帕塔沼泽
- Swamp Angel沼泽天使
词语扩展
词义分布
沼泽
85.8%
淹没
7.4%
湿地
5.6%
泥沼
1.2%
英英释义
- n.low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
- n.a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
- v.drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
- v.fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
词源
- swamp沼泽，淹没，使疲于应付混 合 词 ， 来 自 中 古 英 语 swam, 沼 泽 ， 和 中 古 英 语 sompe, 沼 泽 ， 最 终 都 来 自 Proto-Germanic*sumpaz,沼泽，泥沼，词源同 sump.引申比喻义陷入沼泽，淹没，疲于应付等。