swamp
n[C, U]
(area of) soft wet land; marsh 湿软土地; 沼泽; 沼泽区. swamp, v
1 [Tn] flood or soak (sth) with water 淹没或浸泡(某物)
The sink overflowed and swamped the kitchen. 洗涤槽的水溢出来了, 厨房里到处是水.
A huge wave swamped the boat. 一个巨浪淹没了那条船.2 [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (with sth) overwhelm sb/sth with a great quantity of things (以繁多的事物)压倒某人[某事物]
We asked for applications and were swamped (with them). 我们请大家提出申请, 因而(为此)应接不暇.
I've been swamped with work this year. 今年我工作忙得不可开交.
That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
As quickly as they could, the men ran to th steps and up into the open, many of them with their clothes on fire.
工人们尽快朝楼梯跑去,爬上楼梯跑出舱外,其中好多人衣服已经着火了。
He was a model of a different kind of political leader.