swamp

英 [swɒmp] 美 [swɑːmp]

• n. 沼泽；湿地；困境
• v. 淹没；使陷于困境；使忙于应付

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 淹没; 沉没

   flood, soak with water

2. vt. 使困窘; 忙得不可开交

   overwhelm

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 沼泽，湿地，沼地，烂泥塘
2. 困境
3. 【矿】煤层聚水洼

v. 动词

1. 使陷入沼泽
2. 淹没，使浸在水中
3. 使(船)沉没，使下沉
4. 将…压倒，使忙得不可开交，使应接不暇，使不知所措
5. <美>彻底击败，击溃
6. 使吃苦头，使陷入困难，使困窘
7. 清除(树丛)，在…中伐木(或清除灌木等)
8. 开辟，开拓（常与out连用）
9. 把(砍倒的树)修整成圆木
10. <澳俚>搭车赶路
11. 使无用，使无效，使不见
12. 陷入沼泽(或淤泥)中
13. 陷入困境
14. 变得无用(或无效)
15. 被压倒，无法招架
16. <澳俚>(为换取搭载行囊等而)帮着赶牛车
17. 淹没，沉没

adj. 形容词

1. 沼泽（特有）的

英英释义

Noun:

1. low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables;

   "he was trapped in a medical swamp"
   

Verb:

1. drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged;

   "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
   

2. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;

   "the basement was inundated after the storm"
   "The images flooded his mind"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.
   我们在沼泽地受到蚊子的围攻。
2. The heavy rain has turned the small garden into a swamp.
   大雨使这小花园变成了一块沼泽地。
3. Walk through the swamp and we can see the hunter's cabin.
   走过这片湿地就能看到猎人的小屋了。
4. Their company is in a financial swamp.
   他们的公司陷入了财政困境。

用作动词 (v.)

1. In summer visitors swamp the island.
   夏天，这个岛上熙熙攘攘，人满为患。
2. The problem with spam is that it tends to swamp desirable e-mail.
   垃圾邮件的问题是,它会将正常的电子邮件淹没。
3. She was swamped with work.
   她忙得不可开交
4. My parents always swamp me with questions about my life in America.
   父母总是问我在美国生活的情况。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. A big wave swamped the boat.
   一个巨浪淹没了那只小舟。
2. Heavy rainfalls swamped the lowlands.
   大雨淹没了低地。
3. The water swamped the parks and the streets.
   水淹没了公园和街道。
4. The heavy rain has swamped the ground floor of the hotel.
   大雨把旅馆的底楼淹没了。
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5. Everything in the boat was swamped.
   船上的东西都浸水了。
6. We had a lot of rain that autumn. This region was swamped.
   那年秋天雨多洪大,这一带都淹了。
7. Many houses were swamped as a result of the flood.
   由于洪水,许多房屋被淹没了。

经典引文

• Their quarters were swamped in excrement.

  出自： M. Robinson

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

swamp with (v.+prep.)

使(某人)负担过多 crowd or overwhelm sb with sth
swamp sb with sth
They were swamped with work.

他们有大量的工作要做。
We are swamped with work.

我们被工作压得透不过气来。
The firm is swamped with orders.

大量订单使那家工厂应接不暇。
We were swamped with letters from people wanting work.

我们收到许许多多求职者的来信。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• swamp the boat 淹没小舟
• swamp the lowlands 淹没了低地
• swamp the ship 吞没小船
• swamp the streets 淹没街道

～+副词

• swamp everlastingly 永久性地淹没
• swamp exclusively 完全地淹没
• swamp extensively 大量地淹没
• swamp prematurely 过早地淹没
• swamp ruthlessly 无情地淹没

～+介词

• swamp with 使(某人)负担过多

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. swamp用作名词时的意思是“沼泽地”,转化为动词的意思是“淹没”,指大水漫过某物。引申可表示“使困窘”“忙得不可开交”。
2. swamp只用作及物动词,多接表示有形物或地点的名词作宾语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• marsh 沼泽
• bog 沼泽
• flood 淹没
• overwhelm 打击
• fen 沼泽
• inundate 浸水
• deluge 大洪水
• wetland 湿地
• mire 泥沼
• quagmire 沼泽
• slough 泥坑
• bayou 海湾
• everglade 湿地
• engulf 吞没
• snow under 把 ... 埋在雪里...
• overload 使超载
• bog down 陷入泥淖
• submerge 使浸没
• sink 下沉
• morass 沼泽
• drench 灌药
• swampland 沼泽地

派生词

v.(动词)

• swampy adj. 多沼泽(地)的,湿软的