/swɒmp ||; swɑmp/noun
[C,U] an area of soft wet land (一片)沼泽
swamp²
/swɒmp ||; swɑmp/verb[T]
1 to cover or fill sth with water 使充满水;淹没:
The fishing boat was swamped by enormous waves.渔船被巨浪淹没。
2swamp sb/sth (with sth) (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to give sb so much of sth that he/she cannot deal with it 使不胜负荷:
We've been swamped with applications for the job.工作申请书多得使我们穷于应付。 [SYN] inundate 同义词为inundate
swamp1/swɑmp; swɒmp/n [C,U] land that is always very wet or covered with water 沼泽(地) —swampy adj : swampy ground 沼泽地
swamp2v [T] 1 to suddenly give someone more work or problems than they can deal with 使陷入〔大量工作〕﹔使面临〔大量问题〕: We’ve been swamped with phone calls. 电话多得使我们应接不暇。2 to suddenly cover something with a lot of water〔突然〕淹没: Huge waves swamped the town. 巨浪吞没了小镇。