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flood

/flʌd/

Meanings
noun

洪水，水灾

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

Examples :

"The heavy rain caused a flood that closed the roads to school this morning. "
今天早上因为大雨引发了洪水，学校的路都封了。
disaster environment geography weather toefl
verb

刷屏，洗版

To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

Examples :

"The student flooded the online discussion forum with irrelevant messages about his pet hamster, trying to disrupt the class discussion about the history of the Roman Empire. "
那个学生在网上论坛刷屏，不停地发布关于他宠物仓鼠的无关信息，试图扰乱班级关于罗马帝国历史的讨论。
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Related Words

Illustration floodwaters

floodwaters noun

/ˈflʌdˌwɔtərz/ /ˈflʌdˌwɑtərz/

洪水， 涝水

"The floodwaters damaged many homes in our town. "

洪涝造成的涝水毁坏了我们镇上许多房屋。

Illustration schoolyard

schoolyard noun

/ˈskuːljɑːrd/ /ˈskuːljɑrd/

校园，操场

"The children played tag on the schoolyard during recess. "

孩子们在课间休息的时候在操场上玩捉人游戏。

Illustration conversation

conversation noun

/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/

谈话，对话.

"During their lunch break, the coworkers had a conversation about the new project. "

午休时，同事们就新项目进行了一次谈话。

Illustration assignments

assignments noun

/əˈsaɪnmənts/

分配，指派，任务。

"This flow chart represents the assignment of tasks in our committee."

这张流程图展示了我们委员会的任务分配情况。

Illustration excessive

excessive adjective

/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

过度，过分，过度的。

"Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive."

在每分钟160拍的速度下，仅仅在一个十六分三连音符上使用幅度过大的颤音，似乎有些过度了。

Illustration floodlight

floodlight noun

/ˈflʌdlaɪt/

泛光灯，聚光灯。

"The stage was bathed in the bright light of the floodlight, making the actors easy to see from the back row. "

舞台被泛光灯明亮的光芒笼罩着，即使坐在最后一排也能清楚地看到演员。

Illustration disastrous

disastrous adjective

/dɪˈzɑːstɹəs/

灾难性的， катастрофично， 毁灭性的

"The storm caused a disastrous flood, damaging many homes and businesses. "

这场暴风雨引发了灾难性的洪水，摧毁了许多房屋和商铺。

Illustration childbirth

childbirth noun

/ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ/ /ˈtʃaɪldbɝːθ/

分娩，生产，生育

"After a long labor, the new mother recovered quickly from childbirth. "

经过长时间的生产，这位新妈妈很快就从分娩中恢复过来了。

Illustration discussion

discussion noun

/dɪsˈkʊʃən/ /dɪˈskʌʃən/

讨论, 谈论.

"My discussion with the professor was very enlightening."

我跟教授的讨论让我受益匪浅。

Illustration complaints

complaints noun

/kəmˈpleɪnts/

抱怨，投诉

"The store manager received many complaints about the long wait times at the checkout. "

这家商店的经理收到了很多关于结账等待时间过长的抱怨。

Illustration impossible

impossible noun

/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/ /ɪmˈpɑ.səbl/

不可能的事， 办不到的事。

"The impossible of finishing the project by Friday became a reality when everyone worked late. "

星期五之前完成项目的 “不可能”，在大家加班努力下变成了现实。

Illustration irrelevant

irrelevant adjective

/ɪˈrɛləvənt/ /ɪˈrɛləvənt/

不相关的，不重要的。

"The teacher's lecture about ancient Roman history was irrelevant to our current math lesson. "

老师讲的古罗马历史和我们现在的数学课毫不相关。