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
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
1.fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;
the basement was inundated after the storm
2.cover with liquid, usually water;
The swollen river flooded the village
3.supply with an excess of;
flood the market with tennis shoes
4.become filled to overflowing;
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
英語單詞詞典解釋 名詞n. [C] 1. 洪水,水災(zāi)[P1] In 1975, the floods in that area made 233,000 people homeless. 一九七五年該地區(qū)的洪水使得二十三萬三千人無家可歸。 2. 一大批,大量[(+of)] He received a flood of grateful telegrams and letters. 他收到大量表示感謝的電報和信件。 3. 漲潮,滿潮 及物動詞vt. 1. 淹沒;使泛濫 The rice fields were flooded. 稻田被淹沒了。 2. 涌到,涌進 3. 充滿,充斥[(+with)] Thei