Deluge
“Deluge”是一个名词或动词,主要有两个含义:
- 作为名词:洪水,大洪水或大量的事物
- 作为动词:淹没,大量涌入
- The deluge flooded the streets. (洪水淹没了街道。)
- A deluge of emails arrived. (大量电子邮件到达了。)
- The rain deluged the city. (雨水淹没了城市。)
“Deluge”来自拉丁语 “diluvium”,由 “dis-”(离开)和 “luere”(洗)组成,原意为”洪水”。
- 前缀:de-(离开)
- 词根:luge(洗)
“Deluge”常用于描述大洪水或大量的事物,在正式和日常语境中经常使用。
- 过去式:deluged
- 现在分词:deluging
- 复数形式:deluges
可以将 “deluge” 与 “flood”(洪水)联系起来,两者都与洪水有关。
When I posted my question online, I got a deluge of responses - hundreds of people replied within hours. It was overwhelming, like a flood of information. Sometimes a deluge of information is helpful, but other times it’s too much to process.
当我在网上发布我的问题时,我收到了大量的回复——数百人在几小时内回复。这令人不知所措,就像信息洪水。有时大量的信息是有帮助的,但有时它太多而无法处理。