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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。
洪水；水灾
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
洪水；水灾
An overflowing or rise of water that covers normally dry land, often causing damage.
He received a flood of complaints.
他收到了大量的投诉。
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.
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
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.
数量或金额的压倒性
an overwhelming number or amount
A sudden flood swept away several cars.
一场突如其来的洪水冲走了几辆汽车。
AI contextual example
The government sent aid to the areas affected by the flood.
政府向受洪水影响的地区派遣了援助。
AI contextual example
After the flood, many people had to rebuild their homes.
洪水过后，许多人不得不重建家园。
AI contextual example
a flood of requests
大量请求
WordNet
表示大量的事物涌入。
He received a flood of complaints.
他收到了大量的投诉。
常指河流水位上涨溢出。
The river is in flood after the heavy rain.
大雨过后，河水泛滥。
特指某次大量涌入。
The flood of refugees overwhelmed the city.
难民潮淹没了这座城市。
Not this
There was flood in the city after the storm.
Use this
There was a flood in the city after the storm.
flood作为可数名词，在单数形式前需要加冠词a。中文中'洪水'常作为泛指，没有单复数变化，所以学生容易遗漏冠词。
Not this
A flood refugees arrived at the camp.
Use this
A flood of refugees arrived at the camp.
表示'大量的...'时，flood后面需要接介词of来连接所描述的事物。中文中直接用'洪水般的人'可能省略介词，导致错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
暴洪
The flash flood swept away several cars.
暴洪冲走了几辆汽车。
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。
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。
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。
洪水
The flood water rose rapidly, forcing evacuations.
洪水迅速上涨，迫使人们撤离。
洪泛区
Building homes on the flood plain is risky.
在洪泛区建房是有风险的。
大量的
There was a flood of complaints after the policy change.
政策改变后出现了大量的投诉。
(河水)泛滥
The river is in flood after the heavy rain.
大雨过后河水泛滥。
泪如泉涌
She burst into a flood of tears when she heard the news.
她听到消息后泪如泉涌。
洪水来了，我们将告别血肉之躯。
In Peter Gabriel's song 'Here Comes the Flood', the flood symbolizes overwhelming change.
在彼得·盖布瑞尔的歌曲《洪水来了》中，洪水象征着势不可挡的变革。
发短 /ʌ/ 音 (如 blood)
Same pattern, same sound
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想象地板（floor）被洪水淹没，flood 就像 floor 多了个 d（被水浸透）。
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。
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.
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