flooding
flooding — 名詞
1. the state in which water spreads across normally dry land, often caused by heavy
淹水；水災
雨水或河水溢出，使陸地淹水的狀況
the state in which water spreads across normally dry land, often caused by heavy rain, rivers overflowing, or ocean storms
Christopher and his neighbours spent the night filling sandbags to protect their houses from flooding.
Christopher 和鄰居花了一整晚裝沙包，以防洪水淹到他們的房子。
protect [something] from flooding
Padma watched the flooding from her balcony as the river rose higher.
Padma 從陽台上看著河水越漲越高，淹水的情況也越來越嚴重。
watch + as-clause showing simultaneous observation
The government sent sandbags and pumps to villages hit by the worst flooding in fifty years.
政府運送沙包和抽水機到五十年來最嚴重水災的受災村落。
collocation: worst flooding in [time period]
Coastal flooding from the storm damaged hundreds of houses along the beach.
暴風雨引發的沿海水災損壞了海灘沿線數百間房屋。
collocation: coastal flooding
Élise's restaurant stayed closed for a week because flooding had ruined the kitchen.
Élise 的餐廳關了一週，因為水災毀了廚房。
- severe flooding
- widespread flooding
- coastal flooding
- flash flooding
- cause flooding
- prevent flooding
- experience flooding
- the risk of flooding
- flood
countable noun referring to a single event; 'flooding' describes the ongoing situation
- inundation
formal term, often used in official or scientific contexts
- drought
a long period with little or no rain, the opposite extreme of water shortage
文法句型
flooding + verb (singular)
adjective + flooding
flooding + of + noun
用法筆記
Flooding is an uncountable noun — do not use it with 'a' or make it plural. To refer to a single event, say 'a flood' (countable) instead.