deluge
/ˈdeljuːdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdeljuːdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdel-ˌyüj -ˌyüzh; nonstandard də-ˈlüj ˈdā-ˌlüj/ (ame, mw) · /ˈdel.juːdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdel.juːdʒ/ (ame, ipa)
deluge — 名詞
- delugesingular
- delugesplural
1. Water that suddenly covers a place in huge quantities, often because of extreme
洪水
突然淹沒陸地的大量雨水
Water that suddenly covers a place in huge quantities, often because of extreme rain or a storm.
The sudden deluge turned the dry riverbed into a fast-moving stream within an hour.
突如其來的洪水在一個小時內就把乾涸的河床變成了湍急的溪流。
collocation: sudden deluge
After the storm, a deluge left the village square under two metres of muddy water.
暴風雨過後，洪水讓村莊廣場積了兩公尺深的泥水。
Farmers checked the sky nervously, knowing a spring deluge could ruin the year's planting.
農民們緊張地望著天空，知道春季洪水可能毀掉一年的收成。
- drought
a long period with no rain
文法句型
a deluge of [water/rain]
用法筆記
Often followed by 'of' to name the cause, as in 'a deluge of rain'. Stronger than 'flood' in everyday speech — 'deluge' suggests a sudden, overwhelming quantity.
常見錯誤
2. An extremely large number of items, like emails, requests, or complaints, that c
大量湧入
同時湧到的過多數量
An extremely large number of items, like emails, requests, or complaints, that come all at once and are difficult to manage.
The small bakery received a deluge of orders after a food blog praised its cakes.
這家小麵包店在一個美食部落格稱讚其蛋糕後，接到了大量湧入的訂單。
pattern: a deluge of [orders/messages]
The newspaper editor faced a deluge of letters from readers who disagreed with the story.
報社編輯面對大量湧入的讀者來信，這些讀者對那篇報導表示不滿。
The charity office was buried under a deluge of donation requests after the earthquake hit the region.
地震消息傳開後，慈善機構被大量湧入的捐款請求淹沒了。
- trickle
a very small amount arriving slowly
文法句型
a deluge of [communications/requests]
用法筆記
Commonly appears as 'a deluge of + noun', where the noun refers to communications (questions, complaints, orders, requests) or overwhelming emotions.
常見錯誤
deluge — 動詞
- delugepresent simple I / you / we / they
- deluges3rd person singular
- deluging-ing form
- delugedpast simple
1. To suddenly cover a place with a huge body of water, such as from heavy rain or
淹沒
大量水突然覆蓋某地
To suddenly cover a place with a huge body of water, such as from heavy rain or a burst river.
Days of heavy rain deluged the coastal town, flooding homes and cutting off roads.
連日大雨淹沒了這座沿海小鎮，房屋進水、道路中斷。
A broken water main deluged the street, and workers had to close it for repairs.
一條破裂的自來水管淹沒了街道，工人不得不封路進行維修。
passive possible: 'the street was deluged by…'
Every spring, melting snow from the mountains deluged the valley and made the fields too wet to plant.
每年春天，山上融雪淹沒山谷，使田地濕得無法耕種。
- drain
to remove water from a place
文法句型
deluge [place] with [water]
be deluged by [flood/rain]
用法筆記
Often used in the passive form: 'The area was deluged by floodwater.' The subject is usually a natural force (rain, river, storm) or a broken pipe.
常見錯誤
2. To send or give someone so many things, like messages, questions, or tasks, that
湧入
大量訊息或任務同時湧至難以應付
To send or give someone so many things, like messages, questions, or tasks, that they cannot deal with them all.
Viewers deluged the TV station with complaints after the popular show was cancelled without notice.
觀眾的抱怨大量湧入電視台，因為那部受歡迎的節目在未告知的情況下被取消了。
pattern: deluge [recipient] with [communications]
The professor was deluged with questions from students after announcing the surprise test.
教授宣布臨時考試後，被學生的提問淹沒了。
passive: be deluged with [questions]
The company's email system crashed when customers deluged it with messages about the faulty product.
顧客的大量訊息湧入公司信箱投訴產品有問題，導致電郵系統當機。
文法句型
deluge [someone] with [something]
be deluged with [messages/requests]
用法筆記
Typically appears as 'be deluged with/by [something]', where the subject is a person, organization, or system receiving communications. The things received are always plural countable nouns.