deluge

noun

/ˈdeljuːdʒ/

[usually singular]

a severe flood; a sudden very heavy fall of rain暴雨；大雨；洪水 synonym flood
- When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge.雪融化时，山间溪流变成山洪暴发。
- The earlier deluge had given way to more normal rain.先前的暴雨已减弱为一般的降水。
- An unseasonable deluge had washed away a section of river bank.一场不合时宜的洪水冲走了一段河岸。
Topics Weatherc2
a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time涌现的事物；蜂拥而至的事物
- a deluge of calls/complaints/letters接连不断的电话；没完没了的投诉；纷至沓来的信件
- The firm was at a loss to explain the sudden deluge of publicity.公司不知道如何解释突然泛滥的宣传。

词源late Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere ‘wash away’.

verb

/ˈdeljuːdʒ/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they deluge	/ˈdeljuːdʒ/ /ˈdeljuːdʒ/
he / she / it deluges	/ˈdeljuːdʒɪz/ /ˈdeljuːdʒɪz/
past simple deluged	/ˈdeljuːdʒd/ /ˈdeljuːdʒd/
past participle deluged	/ˈdeljuːdʒd/ /ˈdeljuːdʒd/
-ing form deluging	/ˈdeljuːdʒɪŋ/ /ˈdeljuːdʒɪŋ/

[usually passive] to send or give somebody/something a large number of things at the same time使涌来；使充满 synonym flood, inundate
- be deluged (with something) We have been deluged with applications for the job.申请这个工作的求职信使我们应接不暇。
- He was deluged with phone calls from friends and colleagues.他被朋友和同事打来的电话淹没了。
- deluge somebody/something (with something) Applicants deluged the office with calls.申请人给办公室打了很多电话。
[often passive] (formal) to flood a place with water泛滥；淹没
- be deluged (by something) The campsite was deluged by a flash flood.露营地被突发的洪水淹没。

词源late Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere ‘wash away’.