deluge 英 [ˈdelju:dʒ]   美 [ˈdɛljudʒ]

deluge

deluge  英 [ˈdelju:dʒ] 美 [ˈdɛljudʒ]

n. 洪水;泛滥;暴雨  vt. 使泛滥;压倒 

进行时:deluging  过去式:deluged  过去分词:deluged  第三人称单数:deluges  名词复数:deluges 

The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region. 春天冰雪融化,使河水泛滥淹没了那地区。
But if drought is responsible for some of China’s price pressure, a deluge of credit is to blame for the rest. 但是如果干旱要为中国的物价压力负一些责任,那么信贷泛滥就要负其余的责任。

  • Feeling overwhelmed, like you're underwater? You might be experiencing a deluge — like when you've been given a deluge of homework over vacation: a dozen term papers, two dozen books to read, and a mile-high stack of math problems.
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  • n. 洪水;泛滥;暴雨
  • vt. 使泛滥;压倒
  • 1. The spring thaw caused the river to deluge the region.

    春天冰雪融化,使河水泛滥淹没了那地区。

  • 2. But if drought is responsible for some of China’s price pressure, a deluge of credit is to blame for the rest.

    但是如果干旱要为中国的物价压力负一些责任,那么信贷泛滥就要负其余的责任。

  • 3. Even so, the data deluge is already starting to transform business, government, science and everyday life (see our special report in this issue).

    尽管如此,数据洪水正在开始改变商业、政府、科学和人们的日常生活。

  • deluge (n.) late 14c., from Old French deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation," from diluere "wash away," from dis- "away" (see dis-) + -luere, combining form of lavere "to wash" (from PIE root *leue- "to wash").
  • deluge (v.) 1590s; see deluge (n.). Related: Deluged; deluging.
del·uge / ˈdeljuːdʒ ; NAmE ˈdeljuːdʒ / noun , verb deluge deluges deluged deluging noun [usually singular ] 1 a sudden very heavy fall of rain 暴雨;大雨;洪水 SYN flood 2 a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time 涌现的事物;蜂拥而至的事物 a deluge of calls/complaints/letters 接连不断的电话;没完没了的投诉;纷至沓来的信件 verb 1 delugesb/sth (with sth) [usually passive ] to send or give sb/sth a large number of things at the same time 使涌来;使充满 SYN flood SYN inundate We have been deluged with applications for the job. 申请这个工作的求职信使我们应接不暇。 2 [often passive ] delugesth ( formal) to flood a place with water 泛滥;淹没 The campsite was deluged by a flash flood. 露营地被突发的洪水淹没。 del·uge / ˈdeljuːdʒ ; NAmE ˈdeljuːdʒ /
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