| 单词 | deluge |
| 释义 | deluge (once / 1018 pages) nv Feeling overwhelmed, like you're underwater? You might be experiencing a deluge — like when you've been given a deluge of homework over vacation: a dozen term papers, two dozen books to read, and a mile-high stack of math problems. The noun deluge is an overwhelming amount of something in general, such as work, people, or questions. Because of its Latin roots, however, in particular it means an overwhelming amount of water. It comes from diluvian, which means flood. The verb deluge similarly means to overwhelm or inundate with something, particularly water. The hurricane deluged the island with rain. A deluge isn't always a bad thing, however. One thing most people would like to be deluged with? Money. WORD FAMILYdeluge: deluged, deluges, deluging USAGE EXAMPLESRepublican electors were deluged with emails, phone calls and letters urging them not to support Trump. Time(Dec 19, 2016) The leaves echo the tree shapes in the show’s largest painting, a 10-foot-wide deluge of color that suggests a flood of memories. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) But the Arizona electors say they won’t be swayed by the protests or email and phone call deluge. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1n a heavy rain Syn|Hyper cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout rain, rainfall water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere 2n the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land Syn|Hypo|Hyper alluvion, flood, inundation debacle flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflooda sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood(Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings floodheada wall of water rushing ahead of the flood geological phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth 3n an overwhelming number or amount Syn|Hyper flood, inundation, torrent batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent 4v fill or cover completely, usually with water Syn|Hyper inundate, submerge flood cover with liquid, usually water 5v fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid Syn|Hyper flood, inundate, swamp fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense 6v charge someone with too many tasks Syn|Hyper flood out, overwhelm burden, charge, saddle impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to |
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