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单词 deluge
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deluge
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdel.juːdʒ/us
/ˈdel.juːdʒ/
a verylargeamountofrainorwater:
暴雨；洪水
This littlestreamcanbecomea deluge when itrainsheavily.遇到暴雨的时候，这条小溪的水势就会猛涨。
a deluge ofsomething
a lot of something:
大量的…
Thenewspaperreceiveda deluge ofcomplaints/letters/phonecallsabout thearticle.报社收到了关于这篇文章的大量投诉／信件／电话。
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  • bucket
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  • downpour
  • drizzle
  • heaven
  • mizzle
  • pelt
  • piss
  • puddle
  • rain gauge
  • rainbow
  • rainstorm
  • seed
  • shower
  • sun shower
  • wash
  • wash(something)out
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Floods, tides & currents
deluge
verb[Tusually passive]
uk
/ˈdel.juːdʒ/us
/ˈdel.juːdʒ/
tocoversomething with a lot ofwater:
淹没
Thecitywas deluged when theriverburstitsbanks.河流决口淹没了这座城市。
figurativeWe've been delugedwith(= havereceiveda lot of)replies.纷至沓来的回信使我们应接不暇。
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Wet weather & wetness
  • clamminess
  • damp
  • dampness
  • dankness
  • dreich
  • drench
  • drenched/soaked/wet to the skinidiom
  • misty
  • moist
  • moisten
  • saturate
  • saturated
  • soak
  • soggily
  • sogginess
  • spongy
  • sun shower
  • waterlogged
  • wetly
  • wetness
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(Definition ofdelugefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

deluge| American Dictionary

deluge
noun
us
/ˈdel·judʒ,-juʒ/

delugenoun(LARGE AMOUNT)

[Cusually sing]
a verylargevolumeof something, more than can bemanaged:
Thenewspaperreceiveda deluge ofcomplaintsabout thearticle.

delugenoun(RAIN)

[C]
a verylargeamountofrainorwater
deluge
verb[T]
us/ˈdel·judʒ,-juʒ/

delugeverb[T](SEND LARGE AMOUNT)

tosenda verylargevolumeof something to someone:
The senator’sofficewas deluged withcallsaskingforclarification.
(Definition ofdelugefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeluge

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We are deluged by statutory regulations and it is a matter of very great concern to the business community.
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We have been deluged with social studies and economic advice.
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We have not been deluged with letters of support, but we have certainly had almost no evidence of hostility to change.
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The ombudsman should not be deluged by day-to-day matters of the supervision of individual pensions schemes.
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Tinned herring have been thoroughly spoiled for anyone with any sense of taste by being deluged in cheap tomato sauce.
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He is deluged with letters from people in this country who want help.
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No one wishes to see the commission deluged with work on sentence cases to the detriment of its work on possible wrongful convictions.
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In the light of that, one can understand why this place has been deluged by 60,000 workers today.
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We are deluged by it; it is in the air, and all around us.
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The citizens of this country are entitled to be protected against these deluges of officials who come to see what they are doing.
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No wonder they are deluging everyone they can think of with desperate letters.
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I have been deluged by mail on this subject.
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I was deluged for five years with protests about it.
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We have been deluged with inquiries, debate, knowledge and information.
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I am deluged with communications and complaints from my own constituency.
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