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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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