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单词 awash
释义
awash
adjective[after verb]
uk
/əˈwɒʃ/us
/əˈwɑːʃ/
coveredwith aliquid,especiallywater:
（尤指被水）淹没的，漫过的
By thetimeIdiscoveredtheproblem, thefloorwas awash.等到我发现这个问题时，地板已经泡在水里了。
having anamountof something that is verylargeorlargerthannecessaryorwanted:
充满的；充斥的；泛滥的
Thecityis awashwithdrugsand thepolicearepowerlessto do anything about it.该城市毒品泛滥，警方对此束手无策。
Synonyms
repleteformal
teeming
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(Definition ofawashfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

awash| American Dictionary

awash
adjective
us
/əˈwɑʃ,əˈwɔʃ/
coveredwith aliquid, usuallywater:
Theybelievethat theredplanetwas not only awash inwaterat onetime, but also may havesupportedlife.
If someone or someplaceis awash in something that is not aliquid, there is alargeamountof it:
Thereasonwhy I say that is because thecountryis awash inmoney.
(Definition ofawashfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofawash

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Political theory in the last decade has beenawashin discussions of cultural diversity and ethnic, racial, and religious pluralism.
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Then the press was suddenlyawashwith stories about the dramatic sudden decline in sparrow numbers, from traditional urban haunts to suburbia and the countryside.
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We areawashin restless evangelicals, profligate of stern and apocalyptic advice.
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Of course, the period of the dictatorship wasawashwith a -ood of words, endlessly replenished by journalists, pen-pushers, novelists and pamphleteers.
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Because biology has been spectacularly successful at the cell and molecular level, neurobiologists today areawashwith reductionistic data.
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The homes of those politicians who were ' in business ' were oftenawashwith information.
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But these very same ceremonies were alsoawashin a sea of vodka, the drinking of which also became a par t of national custom.
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We seemawashin psychiatric disorders.
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My fourth illustration will be that of one of our destroyers reporting that she had heavily rammed an enemy submarine which wasawash.
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They are bewildered men; they are exhausted men, and they are desperatelyawash.
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In boom times, the friendly bank manager isawashwith cash and generosity.
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It could lead to our corporate finance system beingawashwith poor-quality bonds.
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Does he realise that the whole fishing industry isawashwith rumours?
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We are an extremely rich country,awashwith money that could meet the pensioners' demands.
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We have heard how it isawashwith money in certain respects.
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