swamps

英 [swɒmps]

美 [swɑːmps]

n.  沼泽(地)
v.  使不堪承受; 使疲于应对; 使应接不暇; 淹; 淹没
swamp的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 沼泽(地)
  Aswampis an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
• VERB 淹没;浸没
  If somethingswampsa place or object, it fills it with water.
  1. A rogue wave swamped the boat...
     凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
  2. The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
     本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。
• VERB 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
  If youare swampedby things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
  1. He is swamped with work...
     他工作忙得不可开交。
  2. The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city.
     火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。

双语例句

• At length these denizens of the swamps disappeared in their turn.
  到了后来，连这些沼泽国的居民们也不见了。
• The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
  里奥格兰德河三角洲曾是一片遍布荆棘和沼泽的荒废之地。
• Ahead, men were floundering in the dark swamps.
  前面，人们正在暗幽的沼泽地里挣扎着。
• Maybe you'd better strike out for the swamps till he changes his mind and cools off some.
  也许你最好还是到沼泽地去，等他改变了主意，头脑冷静一点再说。
• His upland home rises high and cool above jungles and swamps of the world's sixth largest island.
  在他凉爽的家的下方是世界第六大岛的雨林和湿地。
• The studied jellies live in mangrove swamps and the studied eyes are always aimed at the tree canopy.
  研究人员研究了生活在红树林沼泽地带的水母，他们发现水母的眼睛总是盯着树冠。
• There are huge alligators living in the swamps.
  沼泽里住有巨大的鳄鱼。
• The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
  洪水开始退去，留下一些沼泽地。
• This leads them to believe that Antarctica at one time was a land of swamps and forests.
  这使有理由相信南极洲曾经是一片森林和沼泽。
• It is a region of rounded hills and tens of thousands of lakes and swamps.
  该地多圆顶丘陵，还有几万个湖泊和沼泽地。