deluge

['delju:dʒ]

n. 大洪水, 暴雨, 泛滥
v. 泛滥, 大量涌入

例句与用法：

I was deluged with phone calls.

我的电话应接不暇。

We advertised the job and were deluged with applications.

我们登出了这项工作的广告，收到的申请书不计其数。

I got caught in the deluge on the way home.

我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。

When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge.

雪融化时，山间溪流变成山洪暴发。

词形变化：

动词过去式: deluged | 动词过去分词: deluged | 动词现在分词: deluging | 动词第三人称单数: deluges |

详细释义：

n.

1. 洪水[C]

2. 暴雨[C]

3. (洪水般)涌至; 大量泛滥[C][(+of)]

a deluge of visitors

蜂拥而至的参观者

4. (大写)(《圣经》中的)大洪水[the S]

vt.

1. 使泛滥; 淹没

2. 蜂拥而至; 压倒[H][(+with)]

We were deluged with inquiries.

询问使我们应接不暇。