- 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