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
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;被覆盖,遍布(某物);与水面齐平的;被浪冲打的
covered with water
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。
用法提示:awash 在此用作形容词,表示‘被水覆盖的’,与 with 连用说明覆盖物。
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。
用法提示:awash 直接描述甲板被水覆盖的状态,无需介词。
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。
用法提示:awash 用作表语形容词,表示变成被水覆盖的状态。
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。
flooded 侧重大量水淹没某处;awash 更指水面漫过或与水面齐平,不一定水深。
submerged 强调完全处于水面之下;awash 可指物体顶部刚露出或被波浪拍打。
swamped 常用于水浸或比喻事务过多;比 awash 更口语,强调浸透感。
inundated 偏书面,多指洪水泛滥;awash 可表示一般水流或液体的覆盖。
engulfed 语气更强,指整个被水或火吞噬;awash 仅表示被水覆盖。
grammar · medium
易错句子The flood awash the whole village.
正确表达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'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The deck is awash in water.
正确表达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'。
对应“被水覆盖/浸泡”的义项;awash 指被水淹没或冲刷,dry 强调没有水分或未被水覆盖。
对应“被(事物)覆盖”的引申义;awash with/in 表示表面被大量覆盖或充满,bare 强调表面裸露、缺乏覆盖物。
对应“充满”的引申义;awash with 表示充斥大量某物,empty 强调缺乏内容或数量为空。
拼写相似,但awash是形容词,表示被水覆盖的状态;wash是动词或名词,表示清洗的动作或过程。
意思相近,但swamped强调被大量水或事物淹没,常引申为 overwhelmed;awash更强调与水面齐平或布满水。
两者都表示被水浸湿,但drenched强调衣物或身体湿透,而awash指表面被水覆盖。
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。
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