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be awash with sth
awash with 表示充满、大量存在某物，常用于比喻意义。
The city is awash with tourists during the festival.
节日期间这座城市挤满了游客。
被水覆盖的, 与水面齐平的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
被水覆盖的, 与水面齐平的
covered with water
The city is awash with tourists during the festival.
节日期间这座城市挤满了游客。
被海浪或潮水冲刷(如岩石或海岸线,当与水面齐平时,波浪会冲过)；被水覆盖
Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water.
被覆盖,遍布(某物)
Covered, overspread (with or in something).
After the storm, the basement was awash with water.
暴风雨过后，地下室被水淹没。
The deck of the ship was awash after the huge wave hit.
巨浪袭来后，船的甲板被水冲刷。
The farmland became awash when the nearby river burst its banks.
附近的河流决堤后，农田变成一片汪洋。
awash with 表示充满、大量存在某物，常用于比喻意义。
The city is awash with tourists during the festival.
节日期间这座城市挤满了游客。
awash in 既可用于字面（浸泡在），也可用于比喻。与 awash with 基本可互换。
The streets were awash in rainwater after the storm.
暴风雨过后街道上雨水泛滥。
单独使用表示被水覆盖，不强调具体事物。
The low-lying fields were awash after the heavy rain.
大雨过后低洼的田地一片汪洋。
Not this
The flood awash the whole village.
Use this
The whole village was awash with floodwater.
误将'awash'用作动词，而它实际上是形容词。改正后使用'be awash with'结构，表示'被...覆盖'。
Not this
The deck is awash in water.
Use this
The deck is awash with water.
介词误用。'awash'通常与'with'搭配，表示充满或覆盖，而不是'in'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被水淹没；泡在水里
The streets were awash in water after the storm.
暴风雨过后，街道被水淹没。
到处是游客；挤满游客
During the festival, the city is awash with tourists.
节日期间，这座城市到处是游客。
现金充裕；资金雄厚
The company is awash in cash and ready to expand.
这家公司现金充裕，准备扩张。
沉浸在回忆中
He sat alone, awash in memories of his childhood.
他独自坐着，沉浸在童年的回忆中。
现金充裕；拥有大量钱
After the IPO, the company was awash in cash.
首次公开募股后，这家公司现金充裕。
信息泛滥；充斥着大量信息
Her inbox was awash with emails after the announcement.
公告发出后，她的收件箱被电子邮件淹没了。
充满强烈感情；心潮澎湃
He was awash with emotion at the reunion.
重聚时他百感交集。
Use awash naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：awash 里有 wash（水洗），想象岸边礁石被海浪冲过、浸没水中，即“被水覆盖的”。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary descriptions of the sea、figurative use in news and essays awash 是较正式/书面用词，通常用于文学作品或新闻报道中，口语里较少用。字面义是“被水覆盖/淹没”，比喻义是“充斥着、充满”，常用于 be awash with 的结构。
与 awash（/əˈwɒʃ/）同韵的有 wash /wɒʃ/、squash /skwɒʃ/、posh /pɒʃ/、gosh /ɡɒʃ/、quash /kwɒʃ/；拼写相似的 cash /kæʃ/ 读 /æʃ/，不押韵，注意区分。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.