Word · Frequency #18492
deluge
大洪水；暴雨
a great flood or heavy rain
- 1.
A great flood or rain.
大洪水或大雨
- 2.
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
压倒性的数量；造成巨大破坏的事物。
- 3.
A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
在紧急情况下用水淹没或浸湿空间、容器或区域以防止或扑灭火灾的系统
大量；泛滥；雨淋灭火系统；消防喷淋系统；大洪水或大雨；压倒性的数量；造成巨大破坏的事物。；在紧急情况下用水淹没或浸湿空间、容器或区域以防止或扑灭火灾的系统
In use
The sudden deluge flooded the ground floor of the house.
We were caught in a deluge without an umbrella.
The village was cut off by the deluge.
Connections
Collocations
- a deluge of rain
- 一场暴雨；倾盆大雨
- The city was hit by a deluge of rain that flooded the streets.这座城市遭遇倾盆大雨，街道被淹。
- a deluge of complaints
- 铺天盖地的投诉
- The company received a deluge of complaints about the faulty product.该公司收到了铺天盖地的投诉，都是关于有缺陷的产品。
- a deluge of information
- 海量信息
- In the digital age, we face a deluge of information every day.在数字时代，我们每天都要面对海量信息。
- deluge system
- 雨淋灭火系统；喷淋系统
- The warehouse is equipped with a deluge system to protect against fire.仓库配备了雨淋灭火系统以防火。
- a deluge of water
- 大量洪水；大水
- The dam burst, sending a deluge of water through the valley.大坝决口，大量洪水冲过山谷。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象天空倾泻大雨、洪水淹没一切——deluge 即大洪水/泛滥。这是记忆联想，不是词源。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学与正式写作、新闻报道、消防工程技术文档 该词作名词时通常用于正式或书面语境，表示“大洪水”、“暴雨”或“大量涌现的事物”；在消防领域则多指“雨淋灭火系统”。日常口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No exact rhyme for "deluge" /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/. "huge" and "refuge" share the final /juːdʒ/ sound and the "-uge" spelling, but their stressed vowels differ. "luge" looks like the last syllable of "deluge" but is pronounced /luːʒ/, not /ljuːdʒ/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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