1.the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land;
plains fertilized by annual inundations
2.an overwhelming number or amount;
a flood of requests
3.light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
4.a large flow
5.the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
6.the inward flow of the tide;
a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare
1.fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;
the basement was inundated after the storm
2.cover with liquid, usually water;
The swollen river flooded the village
3.supply with an excess of;
flood the market with tennis shoes
4.become filled to overflowing;
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
英语单词词典解释 名词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 及物动词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)] Thei