deluge

'delju:dʒ

雅思GRE Collins 1

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

n. 大洪水, 泛滥
vt. 使泛滥

Collins 星级

18,492

BNC 频率

16,257

使用频率

deluge 源自拉丁语 diluere，意为“冲刷”。可以拆分为“de-”（向下）和“luge”（洗），联想到大雨冲刷而来的情景。

例句

1. The heavy rain caused a deluge that flooded the streets.

大雨导致了洪水，淹没了街道。

2. After the deluge, many people lost their homes and needed help.

洪水过后，许多人失去了家园，需要帮助。

3. The scientist studied how to manage the deluge of data from the experiment.

科学家研究如何管理实验中涌现的大量数据。