Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #4100
flood
洪水；水灾
核心释义
An overflowing or rise of water that covers normally dry land, often causing damage.
- 1.
由于过量降雨或其他水输入,湖泊或其他水体溢出大量水(通常是灾难性的)。
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- 2.
水体上升并溢出到通常干燥的土地上
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
- 3.
大量或大批出现的东西,快得难以应付。
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- 4.
数量或金额的压倒性
an overwhelming number or amount
- 5.
潮水的上涨,与退潮相对。
The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- 6.
一种宽光束的人工照明光源；用于摄影
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- 7.
泛光灯。
A floodlight.
- 8.
Menstrual discharge; menses.
大量；大批；涨潮；泛光灯；月经；经血；由于过量降雨或其他水输入,湖泊或其他水体溢出大量水(通常是灾难性的)。
用法In use
A sudden flood swept away several cars.
用法提示：名词，用作主语，指洪水。
The government sent aid to the areas affected by the flood.
用法提示：名词，作介词宾语。
After the flood, many people had to rebuild their homes.
用法提示：名词，在介词after后，指洪水事件。
a flood of requests
a flood of [noun]
表示大量的事物涌入。
He received a flood of complaints.
他收到了大量的投诉。
[river] in flood
常指河流水位上涨溢出。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- flash flood
- 暴洪
- The flash flood swept away several cars.暴洪冲走了几辆汽车。
- flood warning
- 洪水预警
- The government issued a flood warning for the coastal region.政府发布了沿海地区的洪水预警。
- flood damage
- 洪水灾害
- The flood damage was estimated at millions of dollars.洪水灾害造成的损失估计达数百万美元。
- flood victims
- 洪水灾民
- Relief supplies were sent to the flood victims.救援物资被送往洪水灾民手中。
- flood water
- 洪水
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象地板（floor）被洪水淹没，flood 就像 floor 多了个 d（被水浸透）。
语境与语域Context & Register
多用于描述自然灾害中的洪水或大量涌入的事物，常见于新闻报道和日常口语，中性偏正式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'blood' is a perfect rhyme with 'flood' (both /blʌd/ and /flʌd/). Words like 'hood', 'good', and 'stood' share the '-ood' spelling but have the vowel /ʊ/ (as in 'book'), not /ʌ/. 'Food' has /uː/. 'Mud' rhymes with /ʌd/ but has different spelling.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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