a severe flood; a sudden very heavy fall of rain 暴雨；大雨；洪水 When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge. 雪融化时，山间溪流变成山洪暴发。 The earlier deluge had given way to more normal rain. 先前的暴雨已减弱为一般的降水。 An unseasonable deluge had washed away a section of river bank. 一场不合时宜的洪水冲走了一段河岸。
a large number of things that happen or arrive at the same time 涌现的事物；蜂拥而至的事物 a deluge of calls/complaints/letters 接连不断的电话；没完没了的投诉；纷至沓来的信件 The firm was at a loss to explain the sudden deluge of publicity. 公司不知道如何解释突然泛滥的宣传。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere ‘wash away’.