swamp[swɔmp; swɔ:mp]

• n.
  • 沼泽；浅沼地
  • 进退两难的境地
  • 【采矿】煤层聚水洼
• vt.
  • 淹没，覆没：

    His words were swamped by the laughter.

    他的话淹没在笑声之中。

    The flood swamped the whole village.

    洪水淹没了整个村庄。

  • 使(船等)沉没，使下沉：

    Slowly his car was swamped down the lake.

    他的汽车缓慢地沉入了湖中。

  • 使陷入沼泽(或淤泥等)：

    All our feet were swamped in the mud.

    我们的脚都陷在淤泥中了。

  • 使不能自拔；使困顿：

    He was swamped with his wife.

    他和他的妻子之间的关系有些紧张。

  • 压倒；使应接不暇：

    He swamped us with work.

    他交给我们的工作令我们难以招架。

    to be swamped in papers

    文件多得看不过来

  • 使无用，使无效；(以极大数量)吞没，使不见：

    So, what I said is swamped.

    就是说，我说的话全白说啦。

  • [美国英语]击溃，彻底击败：

    Brace up! You haven't been swamped yet. You still have a chance to triumph over him.

    振作起来!你还没有被彻底击败，你还有机会战胜他。

  • 清除(树丛)，在…中伐木(或清除灌木等)；开辟，开拓(常与out连用):

    The shrubbery has been swamped out by us.

    我们已把灌木丛清理干净了。

    to swamp wasteland

    开拓荒地

  • 把(砍倒的树)修整成圆木
  • [澳大利亚俚语]搭车赶路
• vi.
  • 淹没；沉没：

    Their boat swamped in the storm.

    他们的船在风浪的冲击下沉没了。

  • 陷入沼泽(或淤泥中)
  • 陷入困境
  • 变得无用(或无效)
  • 被压倒，无法招架
  • [澳大利亚俚语](为换取搭载行囊等而)帮着赶牛车