mudflow
/ˈməd-ˌflō/ (ame, mw)
mudflow — 名詞
1. a thick, fast-moving river of earth and water that pours down a hillside after h
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
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]
Rescue teams searched for survivors after the mudflow crushed several homes near the river.
土石流壓垮了河邊好幾戶人家，救援隊正在搜尋生還者。
The geology professor showed photos of a mudflow that destroyed a coffee farm in Colombia.
地質學教授給學生看一場土石流摧毀哥倫比亞咖啡園的照片。
Engineers built concrete walls on the slope to stop any future mudflow from reaching the town.
工程師沿著斜坡蓋起混凝土牆，以減緩未來土石流衝向城鎮的速度。
- 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.