flood

英 [fl?d] 美[fl?d]
  • vt. 淹沒(méi)；充滿；溢出
  • vi. 涌出；涌進(jìn)；為水淹沒(méi)
  • n. 洪水；泛濫；一大批
  • n. (Flood)人名；(英)弗勒德；(瑞典、芬)弗洛德

英英釋意

1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
2. an overwhelming number or amount;
"a flood of requests"
"a torrent of abuse"
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
4. a large flow
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
6. the inward flow of the tide;
"a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare