单词 | deluge |
释义 | deluge /del"yoohj, -yoohzh, del"oohj, -oohzh, di loohj", -loohzh"/, n. , v. , deluged, deluging. n. 1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood. 2. a drenching rain; downpour. 3. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail. 4. the Deluge. See flood (def. 3). v.t. 5. to flood; inundate. 6. to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters. [1325-75; ME < OF < L diluvium flood, equiv. to diluv-, base of diluere to wash away, dissolve (di- DI2 + -luere, comb. form of lavere to wash) + -ium -IUM] Syn. 1. See flood. 3. cataclysm, catastrophe. |
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