swamp
noun[CorU]
uk/swɒmp/us/swɑːmp/(anareaof) verywet,softland:
沼泽地;湿地an alligator-infested swamp鳄鱼成群的沼泽地
The Everglades are anareaof swamp insouthernFlorida.佛罗里达大沼泽地是佛罗里达州南部的一片沼泽地区。
See also
swamplandspecialized
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Geography: wetland
- bog
- boggy
- boreal forest
- fen
- floodplain
- marshland
- marshy
- mire
- miry
- morass
- peat bog
- quagmire
- quicksand
- reed bed
- slough
- swamp gas
- swampy
- water meadow
- waterlogged
- wetland
swamp
verb
uk/swɒmp/us/swɑːmp/swampverb(COVER)
[T]
tocoveraplaceor thing with alargeamountofwater:
淹没,浸没Hightideshave swamped thecoast.高涨的潮水淹没了海岸。
Theboatwas swampedbyanenormouswave.小船被巨浪吞没了。
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- surround
- swaddle
- swallow
- twine
swampverb(TOO MUCH/BIG)
[Toften passive]
If something swamps aperson,system, orplace, more of itarrivesthan can beeasilydealtwith:
充斥,席卷,使应接不暇Foreigncarshave swamped the UKmarket.外国车席卷了整个英国市场。
I'm swampedwithworkat themoment.我这会儿忙得不可开交。
Don'tletfeelingsofdepressionswamp you.不要被沮丧的情绪击垮。
[T]informal
Ifclothesswamp you, they are much toobigfor you.
(衣服)太大而不适合Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- tall
- toughness
- trouble
- worst
- wrong-foot
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