inflood

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈinˌflʌd/    /ˈinˌflʌd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or process of flooding or flowing in; an inflow or influx.
    — We are prepared to substantiate our assertion, that two-thirds of the shoal that have of late rushed into our professional main, have been attracted by commissions and offices; have been called in fact to qualify themselves by standing for appointments, without cherishing a hope of maintaining themselves by practice, or even designing to make the attempt. Else why this inflood at a time when courts of quarter sessions are all but abolished, so far as the bar are profited thereby, bail practice annihilated, motions of course made by attorneys'-clerks at the Judges' Chambers, instead of by junior barristers at Westminster, […]
动词 v.
  1. Of a river, water, etc.: to flood or flow into (a place). transitive
    — But O—Alas! 'twas in thy native town, / Franklin, they strove to crush the hero down; / Revil'd and stamp'd him with the stain of blood, / That he in battle should the foe inflood!
  2. To flood or flow in; to inflow. intransitive
    — [T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]

词形变化

infloods plural infloods present,singular,third-person inflooding participle,present inflooded participle,past inflooded past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
PIE word
*h₁én
From in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; towards’) + flood (“overflow of water from a lake or other body of water; flowing in of the tide; to overflow; to cover or partly fill as if by a flood”). Compare Saterland Frisian Íenfloud (“influence”), West Frisian ynfloed (“influence”), Dutch invloed (“influence”), Middle Low German invlôt (“influence”), German Einfluss (“influence”), Danish indflydelse (“influence”), Swedish inflytande (“influence”), Norwegian innflytelse (“influence”).
词源 2
PIE word
*h₁én
From in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; towards’) + flood (“overflow of water from a lake or other body of water; flowing in of the tide; to overflow; to cover or partly fill as if by a flood”). Compare Saterland Frisian Íenfloud (“influence”), West Frisian ynfloed (“influence”), Dutch invloed (“influence”), Middle Low German invlôt (“influence”), German Einfluss (“influence”), Danish indflydelse (“influence”), Swedish inflytande (“influence”), Norwegian innflytelse (“influence”).
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