flooded

/ˈflʌdɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflʌdɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflə-dəd/ (ame, mw)

flooded — adjective

  • floodedpositive
  • more floodedcomparative
  • most floodedsuperlative

1. having so much water on a surface or inside a space that the place can no longer

1.形容詞B1
釋義

having so much water on a surface or inside a space that the place can no longer be used normally, often after heavy rain or a burst pipe.

例句

The flooded basement smelled of mud and rotting wood after the storm.

attributive: flooded + noun (basement, road, field)

Ada waded through the flooded street in her tall rubber boots.

同義詞
反義詞
  • dry

    the everyday opposite

  • drained

    water has been removed

用法筆記

Frequently attributive (a flooded street) or predicative with a cause phrase (be flooded by rain / by a burst pipe). The water is usually unwanted and disruptive.

常見錯誤

❌The river was flooded with people swimming.
✅The river was full of people swimming.
💡'flooded' suggests damage from unwanted water, not normal river use.

2. having such a large quantity of something arriving or filling a place that it fe

2.形容詞B2
釋義

having such a large quantity of something arriving or filling a place that it feels like a flood — for example, a station full of commuters, an inbox full of emails, or a market full of cheap goods.

例句

After the show aired, the helpline was flooded with calls from worried parents.

be flooded with + noun (calls, emails, requests)

Elena's inbox was flooded with messages the morning her book launched.

同義詞
  • swamped

    informal; same metaphor of being overwhelmed

  • inundated

    more formal; common in news and reports

  • deluged

    literary; suggests sudden arrival

反義詞
  • starved

    having too little instead of too much (starved of attention)

文法句型

be flooded with + noun

用法筆記

Almost always passive with 'with' (be flooded with X), where X is a large quantity of messages, people, goods, or emotions. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about quantity, not literal water.

常見錯誤

❌The office flooded with emails.
✅The office was flooded with emails.
💡this sense needs the passive form 'be flooded with'.