- [countable, uncountable]
a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry 洪水;水灾 The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country. 大雨使全国许多地方泛滥成灾。 There have been delays to filming as a result of the floods. 由于洪水的原因,拍摄被推迟了。 Police have issued flood warnings for Nevada. 警方已经发布了内华达的水灾警告。 Much had been done in recent years to improve flood defences. 近年来,在提高防洪方面已经做了很多工作。 The insurance does not cover flood damage to gates, hedges or fences. 保险不包括大门、树篱或栅栏的洪水损坏。 an appeal to help flood victims 帮助洪水灾民的呼吁 the Thames flood barrier 泰晤士河防洪堤 - in flood
The river is in flood (= has more water in it than normal and has caused a flood). 河水泛滥。
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyb1, Weatherb1No one knew that the flood was coming. 没有人知道洪水就要来了。 The flood caused widespread destruction. 这次洪灾造成大面积破坏。 The floods are slowly subsiding. 洪水在慢慢退去。 This summer the region was struck by devastating floods. 今年夏天这个地区遭受了毁灭性的洪水袭击。 The building was evacuated as flood water filled the basement. 洪水灌满了地下室,楼里的居民撤离了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- catastrophic
- devastating
- great
- …
- cause
- come
- hit something
- strike something
- …
- water
- plain
- damage
- …
- be in (full) flood
- [countable] flood (of something)
a very large number of things or people that appear at the same time 大批,大量(的人或事物) a flood of complaints 大量投诉 Authorities are struggling to cope with the flood of refugees. 当局正在努力应付难民潮。 The child was in floods of tears (= crying a lot). 小孩哭得泪人儿似的。 New spam-blocking software should help stem (= stop) the flood. 新的垃圾邮件拦截软件应该有助于阻止洪水。
Extra ExamplesShe was inundated by floods of fan mail. 她收到了崇拜者雪片般的来信。 Writing about St John's brings back a flood of nostalgic memories. 对圣约翰的记述使往事如潮水般涌上心头。 A great flood of anger washed through him. 一股巨大的愤怒席卷了他。 Conversation returned, a trickle breaking into a flood. 谈话又开始了,涓涓细流汇成洪水。 They took on temporary workers in anticipation of a flood of calls. 他们预料会有大量的来电,就雇用了临时工。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- constant
- sudden
- …
- inundate somebody/something
- bring
- cause
- release
- …
- flood of
- a flood of memories
- in floods of tears
- the Flood[singular]
the great flood that covered the world in the Bible story 洪水: 圣经故事中覆盖世界的大洪水before the Flood (= a very long time ago) 洪水之前
water水
large number大量
in Bible《圣经》
Word OriginOld English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.