n.[C]

1. 洪水，水灾[P1]
   In 1975, the floods in that area made 233,000 people homeless.

   一九七五年该地区的洪水使得二十三万三千人无家可归。

2. 一大批，大量[（+of）]
   He received a flood of grateful telegrams and letters.

   他收到大量表示感谢的电报和信件。

3. 涨潮，满潮

vt.

1. 淹没；使泛滥
   The rice fields were flooded.

   稻田被淹没了。

2. 涌到，涌进
3. 充满，充斥[（+with）]
   Their bedroom was flooded with sunshine.

   他们的卧室充满阳光。

vi.

1. 为水淹没；溢出
   The river floods in the spring.

   这条河春天河水泛滥。

2. （大量地）涌进；涌出，喷出；充斥[Q]
   Letters of complaint flooded in.

   投诉的信件潮涌般寄来。

n.

1. an overflow of a large amount of water over dry land.
   ▸ (the Flood) the biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race.
   ▸literary a river, stream, or sea.
2. an outpouring of tears or emotion.
   ▸an overwhelming quantity of things or people appearing at once.
3. the inflow of the tide.
4. short for floodlight.

v.

1. cover or become covered with water in a flood.
   ▸(of a river) become swollen and overflow its banks.
2. arrive in or overwhelm with very large numbers.
   ▸fill or suffuse completely:

   she flooded the room with light.
3. overfill the carburettor of (an engine) with petrol.
4. (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.