Word · Frequency #9459
swamp
淹没；浸湿
核心释义
To drench or submerge, or to become drenched or submerged.
- 1.
用水浸透或填满
To drench or fill with water.
- 2.
压倒；使过于忙碌或超出能力
To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.
- 3.
陷入困境和危险；压倒；毁坏；破坏
To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
- 4.
浸湿或淹没,或被浸湿或淹没
drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
使不堪重负；压垮；毁坏；用水浸透或填满；压倒；使过于忙碌或超出能力；陷入困境和危险；压倒；毁坏；破坏；浸湿或淹没,或被浸湿或淹没
用法In use
Heavy rain swamped the small village, and people had to move to higher ground.
用法提示：swamp 作动词，表示“淹没”，这里用过去式 swamped。
I'm swamped with deadlines this week, so I can't meet you for lunch.
用法提示：swamp 作动词，表示“使不堪重负”，这里用被动语态 be swamped with。
The company's website was swamped by so many visitors that it stopped working.
用法提示：swamp 作动词，表示“使应接不暇”，这里用被动语态 be swamped by。
The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
swamp sb/sth with sth
with 后面接大量涌入的事物，sb/sth 是承受的一方。
Fans swamped the office with letters and emails.
粉丝们寄来的信件和电子邮件淹没了办公室。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be swamped with work
- 被工作压得喘不过气
- She was swamped with work before the deadline.截止日期前，她被工作压得喘不过气。
- swamp the market
- 充斥市场
- Cheap imports swamped the domestic market.廉价进口商品充斥了国内市场。
- swamp a boat
- 使船灌水沉没
- The heavy rain swamped their boat.大雨使他们的船灌水沉没了。
- be swamped by debt
- 被债务压垮
- Many families are swamped by debt.许多家庭被债务压垮。
- swamp the system
- 使系统不堪重负
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 swamp 想成‘湿地沼泽’：水漫上来淹没一切，事情多到把人压垮。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：flood and weather reports、work and busy schedules、crisis and overwhelming events swamp 作动词时，字面义（淹没、浸湿）多用于书面或正式语境，如洪水描写；引申义（使忙不过来、压垮）在日常口语和书面语中都很常见，如 be swamped with work。整体语气随搭配和语境变化，正式与非正式场合都可能出现。
语法说明Grammar Note
既可作及物动词，也可作不及物动词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 swamp /swɑmp/ 真正押韵的词有 pomp /pɑmp/ 和 romp /rɑmp/（美式发音，元音同为 /ɑ/）。拼写以 -amp 结尾的词如 lamp /læmp/, camp /kæmp/, damp /dæmp/, stamp /stæmp/ 多数读 /æmp/，与 swamp 的 /ɑmp/ 不同，不要只看拼写。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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