| 单词 | flood |
| 释义 | flood flood // noun, verb
■ noun [C]
a very large number or amount of sth that appears at the same time: a flood of complaints There has been a flood of cheap imports into the market. The trickle of bankruptcies has become a flood.
■ verb
1 [no obj] flood in/into/out of sth to arrive or go somewhere in large numbers or amounts: Investment has flooded into the country. Shoppers are flooding to the High Street stores. Telephone calls came flooding in from customers.
2 [+ obj] (usually be flooded) to send sth somewhere in large numbers: The office was flooded with applications for the job. We've been flooded with complaints.
3 [+ obj] to become or to make sth become available somewhere in large numbers or amounts: Cheap imported goods are flooding the market. Investors normally flood the stock market with cash early in the year. The reserve bank has flooded the market with liquidity (= made it cheap to borrow money). |
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