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flood sth (with sth)
用作及物动词，常与with连用表示用某物充满。
The heavy rain flooded the fields.
大雨淹没了田地。
淹没；泛滥
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
淹没；泛滥
To overflow or submerge, as with water from heavy rain.
The heavy rain flooded the fields.
大雨淹没了田地。
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
flood
Base
原形
floods
3rd person
第三人称单数
flooding
-ing
现在分词
flooded
Past
过去式
flooded
Past participle
过去分词
The river floods every spring.
这条河每年春天泛滥。
Heavy rains flooded the streets yesterday.
昨天的大雨淹没了街道。
Water is flooding into the basement.
水正在涌进地下室。
The heavy rain flooded the streets.
大雨淹没了街道。
Don't flood the engine by pressing the accelerator too much.
不要过度踩油门，否则会淹缸。
Applications flooded the office after the announcement.
公告发布后，申请涌入了办公室。
用作及物动词，常与with连用表示用某物充满。
The heavy rain flooded the fields.
大雨淹没了田地。
常与in, into, out, over等介词搭配表示方向。
Water flooded into the basement.
水涌进了地下室。
常用被动表示充满或泛滥，感情色彩中性或负面。
The market is flooded with cheap goods.
市场上充斥着廉价商品。
比喻大量地给予。
Fans flooded the singer with letters.
粉丝们用信件淹没了那位歌手。
Not this
The city flooded by the rain.
Use this
The city was flooded by the rain.
flood 作为及物动词时，在被动语态中必须使用 be 动词加过去分词形式，不能省略 was。
Not this
The storm flooded.
Use this
The storm flooded the area.
flood 作为及物动词时，必须直接跟宾语表示被淹没的对象，不能单独使用表示“淹没”的意思。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
充斥市场；使市场充斥
The company flooded the market with cheap smartphones.
这家公司让廉价智能手机充斥市场。
接到大量的……；被……淹没
The office was flooded with calls after the announcement.
公告发布后，办公室接到了大量的电话。
大量涌入
Donations flooded in from all over the country.
来自全国各地的捐款大量涌入。
（记忆、感情等）涌上心头
When I saw the old photo, memories flooded back.
当我看到那张旧照片时，回忆涌上心头。
（洪水等）迫使……离开家园
Many families were flooded out by the rising river.
不断上涨的河水使许多家庭被迫离开家园。
充斥市场；使大量涌入市场
The company flooded the market with cheap smartphones.
这家公司让廉价智能手机充斥市场。
（记忆、感觉等）涌上心头；纷纷重现
When I visited my old school, memories came flooding back.
当我回到母校时，回忆纷纷涌上心头。
大量涌入；纷至沓来
Applications flooded in after the job was advertised.
招聘广告发布后，求职申请大量涌入。
发短 /ʌ/ 音 (如 blood)
Same pattern, same sound
Use flood naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 flood 里的 oo 看作两个浪头：大雨后浪头接连涌来，漫过堤岸，淹没一切。记住 oo 即‘洪水泛滥’的画面。
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather forecasts、news reports、everyday speech flood 作动词表示“淹没”时，语气通常为中性，多用于天气预报、新闻报道和日常对话，既可用于正式书面语也可用于口语。
及物时表示'淹没'，不及物时表示'泛滥'或'涌进'。常与介词with连用表示'充满'，如be flooded with water。
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