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*flood¹ /flʌd; flʌd/
v
1 [I,T] to cover a place with water, or to become covered with water （被）淹没:
The river floods the valley every spring. 每年春天河水都会淹没山谷。
The basement flooded and everything got soaked. 地下室被水淹了，所有东西都湿透了。
2 [I,T] to arrive or go somewhere in large numbers 〔大量地〕涌到［去］:
+ in/into/across Offers of help came flooding in. 大家纷纷伸出援助之手。
3 be flooded with to receive so many letters, complaints etc, that you cannot deal with them all 大量收到〔信件、投诉等，以致难以应付〕:
After the show, the station was flooded with calls from angry viewers. 节目播出后，电视台接到大量愤怒的观众打来的电话。
4 flood the market to sell something in very large quantities, so that the price goes down 充斥市场〔以致价格下跌〕
flood backif a memory floods back, you suddenly remember it very clearly 〔往事〕涌上心头:
I saw her picture the other day, and it all came flooding back. 前几天我看到她的照片，往事一下子涌上心头。
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