flood
英[flʌd]
美[flʌd]
- vt. 淹没；充满；溢出
- vi. 涌出；涌进；为水淹没
- n. 洪水；泛滥；一大批
- n. (Flood)人名；(英)弗勒德；(瑞典、芬)弗洛德
英英释意
- 1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;
- "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- 2. an overwhelming number or amount;
- "a flood of requests"
- "a torrent of abuse"
- 3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- 4. a large flow
- 5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- 6. the inward flow of the tide;
- "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare