flood
flood — 動詞
1. When a river, heavy rain, or a broken pipe floods a place, water covers land tha
淹沒；氾濫
水淹沒原本乾燥的地方
When a river, heavy rain, or a broken pipe floods a place, water covers land that is normally dry, often damaging buildings and roads.
Heavy rain flooded the streets of Manila, leaving cars trapped in the water.
暴雨淹沒了 Manila 的街道，許多車輛被困在水中。
flood + place as object
After three days of continuous rain, the river flooded and covered the nearby farms.
連續下了三天雨之後，河水氾濫，淹沒了附近的農田。
Indra's basement flooded when the old washing machine pipe broke during the night.
Indra 的地下室在夜裡淹水了，因為老舊的洗衣機水管破裂。
The storm flooded the main roads, so the school had to close for a week.
暴風雨淹沒了主要道路，學校因此停課一週。
文法句型
flood + object
flood (no object)
用法筆記
Can be used transitively ('the river flooded the town') or intransitively ('the basement flooded'). The intransitive use is very common in everyday conversation.
常見錯誤
2. When people or things flood a place or flood into it, they arrive in such large
湧入
大量的人或物進入某處
When people or things flood a place or flood into it, they arrive in such large numbers that the area becomes full or difficult to manage.
Thousands of fans flooded into the stadium hours before the concert began.
數千名粉絲在演唱會開始前好幾個小時就湧入了體育場。
flood into [place]
Applications flooded the university admissions office after the deadline was extended.
截止日期延長之後，申請表如潮水般湧入大學招生辦公室。
Angry emails flooded the company's inbox after the announcement about job cuts.
宣布裁員消息後，憤怒的電子郵件塞爆了公司的信箱。
Tourists flood the seaside town every summer, filling every hotel and restaurant.
每年夏天，觀光客蜂擁而至這座海邊小鎮，住滿了每一間旅館和餐廳。
- trickle in
arrive slowly in small numbers
文法句型
flood into + place
flood + place
be flooded with + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive form with 'with': 'the office was flooded with applications'. The intransitive form uses 'into': 'donations flooded into the charity'.
常見錯誤
3. To supply or sell such a large amount of a product that the price drops or local
傾銷
大量供應商品導致價格下跌
To supply or sell such a large amount of a product that the price drops or local goods cannot compete in the market.
Cheap imports flooded the European steel market, forcing some factories to close.
廉價進口商品傾銷歐洲鋼鐵市場，迫使一些工廠關閉。
flood + market + with + goods
The company flooded stores with the new phone, hoping to beat its competitors.
這家公司把新款手機大量舖貨到各門市，希望能擊敗競爭對手。
Foreign rice flooded the local market, pushing prices below what farmers could afford.
外國稻米充斥本地市場，把價格壓到農民無法負擔的程度。
Online sellers flooded the platform with cheap copies, so the site blocked them.
網路賣家在平台上大量販售廉價仿冒品，平台於是封鎖了他們。
- ration
to limit supply deliberately
文法句型
flood + market + with + goods
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in business and economics contexts. The object is typically a market or region, and the goods follow 'with'.
常見錯誤
flood — 名詞
1. When a flood happens, water spreads across land that is normally dry, often dama
洪水；水災
淹沒乾燥地區的大量水
When a flood happens, water spreads across land that is normally dry, often damaging buildings, roads, and crops.
The flood destroyed hundreds of homes in the small fishing village by the coast.
洪水摧毀了海岸邊那座小漁村裡的數百棟房屋。
flood as subject causing destruction
After the flood, the whole town had to be built again from the beginning.
洪水過後，整座城鎮必須從頭開始重建。
The government warned residents to prepare for possible floods during the rainy season.
政府警告居民在雨季期間要為可能發生的水災做好準備。
A sudden flood swept through the narrow canyon, surprising the group of hikers.
一場突然的洪水沖過狹窄的峽谷，嚇壞了那群登山客。
- deluge
more formal; often suggests a very severe or sudden flood
- inundation
technical term for flooding by water
- flash flood
a sudden, dangerous flood caused by heavy rain in a short period
- drought
a long period without enough rain, the opposite of flood conditions
2. A flood of tears is an expression used to describe someone who is crying very ha
淚如雨下
大量流淚的樣子
A flood of tears is an expression used to describe someone who is crying very hard, with tears flowing continuously.
Yael burst into a flood of tears when she received sad news about her dog.
Yael 收到她的狗發生不幸的消息時，頓時淚如雨下。
a flood of tears
The little girl was in a flood of tears after she lost her favourite toy.
那個小女孩弄丟了心愛的玩具，哭得一把鼻涕一把眼淚。
Zola tried hard to hold back a flood of tears during the funeral service.
Zola 在喪禮中努力忍住，不讓眼淚潰堤。
A flood of tears came to Hiro's eyes when he saw his family at the airport.
Hiro 在機場看到家人時，不禁熱淚盈眶。
文法句型
a flood of tears
用法筆記
Almost always used in the fixed phrase 'a flood of tears'. Other prepositions or variations are very rare.
常見錯誤
3. According to the Bible, God once flooded the entire earth as a way of punishing
大洪水
聖經中淹沒全球的洪水
According to the Bible, God once flooded the entire earth as a way of punishing people for their wrongdoing. Only Noah, his family, and the animals on the ark escaped.
The story of the Flood appears in the Book of Genesis in the Bible.
大洪水的故事記載於聖經的〈創世記〉中。
capitalised: the Flood — biblical reference
Many ancient cultures have their own traditional stories about a great flood.
許多古老文化都有自己的大洪水傳說。
According to the Bible, the Flood lasted for forty days and forty nights.
根據聖經記載，大洪水持續了四十晝夜。
Children in Sunday school often learn about the Flood through songs and pictures.
在主日學裡，孩子們常透過歌曲和圖畫認識大洪水的故事。
- Noah's Flood
alternative name for the biblical flood story
用法筆記
Usually capitalised as 'the Flood' when referring to the biblical event. Without a capital letter, it refers to any general flood story.
4. If there is a flood of things, a huge number of them come at once, often creatin
大量；眾多
同時出現的大量事物或人
If there is a flood of things, a huge number of them come at once, often creating problems.
The newspaper received a flood of complaints about the article on education.
那家報社因為那篇關於教育的文章收到了大量投訴。
a flood of + [plural noun]
A flood of job applications arrived after the position was posted online.
職缺在網路上公布之後，湧入了大量的求職申請。
The charity received a flood of donations after the earthquake hit the island.
地震襲擊該島之後，慈善機構收到了大量的捐款。
The mayor faced a flood of questions from angry parents at the meeting.
在市鎮會議上，市長面臨了憤怒家長們的連串質問。
- trickle
a very small number arriving slowly
文法句型
a flood of + plural noun
用法筆記
Followed by 'of' and a plural noun: a flood of complaints, questions, applications, emails, donations. The noun phrase after 'of' names the things that come in large numbers.