inundate的意思

inundate

英式音标['ɪnʌndet]
美式英标['ɪnʌndeɪt]

基本解释

vt. 淹没；泛滥；浸水；（洪水般的）扑来

中文词源

inundate 淹没，使应接不暇

in-,进入，使，-und,流动，波浪，词源同undulate,water.即流进来的，淹没，引申词义应接不暇。

英文词源

inundate: inundate: see undulate
inundate (v.): 1620s, back-formation from inundation, or else from Latin inundatus, past participle of inundare "to overflow, run over" (see inundation). Related: Inundated; inundating.

实用例句

1. Deluge: To overrun with water; inundate.: 淹没: 被水淹没; 使泛滥.

2. I rigid seek in inundate on the road, that praise and immortal real love.: 我执着地求索在漫路上, 那传颂和不朽的真爱.

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