mudflow

mudflow — 名詞

1. a thick, fast-moving river of earth and water that pours down a hillside after h

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釋義

土石流

豪雨後夾帶大量土石的流體

a thick, fast-moving river of earth and water that pours down a hillside after heavy rain or rapid snowmelt, often sweeping away trees, vehicles, and houses in its path

例句

After three days of heavy rain, a mudflow buried the road leading into Dewi's village.

連續三天豪雨之後,土石流掩埋了通往 Dewi 村莊的道路。

collocation: heavy rain triggers a mudflow

Yuki's grandfather watched in horror as the mudflow swept his orchard down the mountainside.

Yuki 的爺爺驚恐地看著土石流把他的果園沖下山坡。

pattern: a mudflow swept [object] down [place]

常見搭配
  • a sudden mudflow
  • a massive mudflow
  • trigger a mudflow
  • be hit by a mudflow
同義詞
  • landslide

    broader term — includes dry rock and earth movements, not only water-saturated soil

  • mudslide

    near-synonym, more common in journalism; mudflow is preferred in geology for the fluid, fast-moving type

  • debris flow

    technical term used when the moving mass contains large rocks and tree trunks as well as mud

文法句型

a mudflow of [material]

a mudflow swept down/across [place]

用法筆記

Subject is usually weather or terrain (heavy rain, melting snow, a saturated slope); object is usually what the mudflow destroys (roads, homes, farmland). Often appears in disaster reports rather than everyday speech.

常見錯誤

The river had a mudflow today.
A mudflow blocked the river today.
a mudflow is a destructive event that moves down a slope, not something a river contains.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • mudflow disaster
  • mudflow warning
  • mudflow path

常用片語

  • triggered by heavy rain
  • in the path of the mudflow

介系詞搭配

  • mudflow of
  • mudflow from
  • mudflow across