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
- 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
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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。
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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。
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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.
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