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

• The immigrants were employed building turnpikes and canals, and they died like flies in the swamps.
  移民们被招来修筑公路和运河，他们在沼泽地区大批死去。
• Ahead, men were floundering in the dark swamps.
  前面，人们正在暗幽的沼泽地里挣扎着。
• The trip allows tourists to enjoy the sight of mangrove swamps and species of birds.
  坐船途中，游客们也可观赏到天然的红树林区及各飞禽类。
• There are huge alligators living in the swamps.
  沼泽里住有巨大的鳄鱼。
• The incoming tide brings new creatures into the swamps.
  上涨了的潮水为沼泽带来了其他生物。
• The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
  洪水开始退去，留下一些沼泽地。
• 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。
• Tupelos: deciduous trees of moist habitats especially swamps and beside ponds.
  蓝果树；在潮湿的产地特别是沼泽和池塘边的每年落叶的乔木。
• 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。
• We must drain swamps.
  我们必须排出沼泽的水。