swamped
past simple and past participle ofswamp
| 单词 | swamped |
| 释义 | swamped past simple and past participle ofswamp swamp verb uk/swɒmp/us/swɑːmp/swampverb(COVER)[T] tocoveraplaceor thing with alargeamountofwater: Hightideshave swamped thecoast. Theboatwas swampedbyanenormouswave. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
swampverb(TOO MUCH/BIG)[Toften passive] If something swamps aperson,system, orplace, more of itarrivesthan can beeasilydealtwith: Foreigncarshave swamped the UKmarket. I'm swampedwithworkat themoment. Don'tletfeelingsofdepressionswamp you. [T]informal Ifclothesswamp you, they are much toobigfor you. Causing difficulties for oneself or others
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Style & appearance of clothes Big and quite big Examplesofswampedswamped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Whatever the content of the text, it might beswampedon the night - and the number of performances was limited. From theCambridge English Corpus The moderates as a group were aware that they could beswamped. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, as the political sphere isswampedby the economics of globalisation where will the alternative power bases come from? From theCambridge English Corpus Overall though, the incentive offered by the redistribution had little impact in reducing care-home admissions and appeared to beswampedby longterm factors. From theCambridge English Corpus Next day the ice had gone but heavy surfswampedthe dinghy. From theCambridge English Corpus The 'richly habited' baby is completelyswampedby her noble surroundings. From theCambridge English Corpus Sequence stratigraphy is a disciplineswampedin terminology, making many wary. From theCambridge English Corpus When the specific input is strong it will have a powerful influence; when it is weak, it may beswampedby the other system dynamics. From theCambridge English Corpus Or is situational variation altogetherswampedby dialect variation? From theCambridge English Corpus Flowers, almost half wild,swampedby atrocious rain. From theCambridge English Corpus The text itself is short and inevitably somewhatswampedby the editorial apparatus. From theCambridge English Corpus At that point, in late 1942, there were pitifully few psychiatrists on active duty, and they were alreadyswampedwith patients. From theCambridge English Corpus These graphs predominantly exhibit a logarithmic increase over an exponential increase due to the fact that the air is becoming 'swamped' with charged species. From theCambridge English Corpus Their archives areswampedwith unprocessed documentation and their institutes are jam-packed with crates full of finds. From theCambridge English Corpus Both had thin white hair and both wore thick, black-framed glasses thatswampedtheir aged, wrinkled faces. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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