swamps

英 [swɒmps]

美 [swɑːmps]

n.  沼泽(地)
v.  使不堪承受; 使疲于应对; 使应接不暇; 淹; 淹没
swamp的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 沼泽(地)
  Aswampis an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.
• VERB 淹没;浸没
  If somethingswampsa place or object, it fills it with water.
  1. A rogue wave swamped the boat...
     凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
  2. The Ventura river burst its banks, swamping a mobile home park.
     本图拉河的河水冲破堤岸，淹没了活动房区。
• VERB 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
  If youare swampedby things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.
  1. He is swamped with work...
     他工作忙得不可开交。
  2. The railway station was swamped with thousands of families trying to flee the city.
     火车站挤满了成千上万想要逃离这座城市的家庭。

双语例句

• The studied jellies live in mangrove swamps and the studied eyes are always aimed at the tree canopy.
  研究人员研究了生活在红树林沼泽地带的水母，他们发现水母的眼睛总是盯着树冠。
• The immigrants were employed building turnpikes and canals, and they died like flies in the swamps.
  移民们被招来修筑公路和运河，他们在沼泽地区大批死去。
• There are huge alligators living in the swamps.
  沼泽里住有巨大的鳄鱼。
• The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.
  里奥格兰德河三角洲曾是一片遍布荆棘和沼泽的荒废之地。
• The incoming tide brings new creatures into the swamps.
  上涨了的潮水为沼泽带来了其他生物。
• Honey locust of swamps and bottomlands of southern United States having short oval pods; yields dark heavy wood.
  生长在美国南部沼泽地和低洼地的皂荚，有椭圆形的短荚，；出产硬而坚韧的木材。
• His upland home rises high and cool above jungles and swamps of the world's sixth largest island.
  在他凉爽的家的下方是世界第六大岛的雨林和湿地。
• Coral reefs and mangrove swamps are also breeding places for many fishes.
  珊瑚礁和红树林沼泽也是许多鱼类的繁殖之地。
• It is a complex ecosystem, including forest, mountains, gorges, lakes, streams, grasslands, swamps and wetlands, and provides a wide habitat for rare and endemic species of animals and plants.
  保护区为一个复合生态系统，包括森林、山脉、沟壑、湖泊、溪流、沼泽、湿地，为珍稀和地方性动植物提供了一个广阔的栖息地。
• Maybe you'd better strike out for the swamps till he changes his mind and cools off some.
  也许你最好还是到沼泽地去，等他改变了主意，头脑冷静一点再说。