inundation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds. countable,uncountable
  2. The state of being inundated; flooding. countable,uncountable
    — Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.
  3. An overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.
    Fanny Hill

词形变化

inundations plural

词汇关系

相关词
inundate

词源

From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (English inundate). By surface analysis, inundat(e) + -ion.
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