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swamped

UK //swɒmpt//US //swɑːmpt//

词源

源自 swamp(沼泽)+ 过去分词后缀 -ed,字面意为“变成沼泽的”,17世纪开始引申为“被淹没”的比喻义。

adjective

❶ 形容被洪水淹没或浸泡的状态,引申为被大量事物淹没而难以应付的情况。

“The streets were swamped after the heavy rain.”

(大雨过后,街道被水淹没了。)

“She felt swamped with work after the holiday.”

(假期过后,她被工作压得喘不过气来。)

同义词:flooded, overwhelmed, inundated, deluged, engulfed

常见短语

swamped with — 表示被大量事物淹没或困扰,常用于形容工作、任务或信息过多的情况。

“I'm completely swamped with paperwork this week.”

(这周我被文书工作彻底淹没了。)