/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