inundation

界面语言: zh

🇺🇸 /ˌɪnəˈndeɪʃən/

📖 释义

noun
洪水泛滥; 大量涌入; 水攻; 尼罗河泛滥; 海侵

EN: The act of inundating or the state of being inundated; a flood or overflow of water covering land that is normally dry.; An overwhelming abundance or excess of something, as if flooding in like water.; The deliberate flooding of land for military purposes, such as to impede enemy movement.; The annual overflowing of the Nile River in ancient Egypt, which deposited fertile silt on the surrounding land.; A geological or geographical event in which a large area is submerged by water, such as a marine transgression.

可数 / 不可数复数: inundations

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irrigation

EN: 'Irrigation' is the deliberate supply of water to land for agriculture; 'inundation' is an overwhelming, often destructive, flooding.

zh: ‘灌溉’是指为农业目的向土地有意供水；‘泛滥’则指压倒性的、通常具有破坏性的洪水。

invasion

EN: 'Invasion' refers to an aggressive entry (military or figurative); 'inundation' specifically refers to flooding or an overwhelming quantity.

zh: ‘入侵’指侵略性的进入（军事或比喻义）；‘泛滥’特指洪水或压倒性的数量。

EN: Do not double the 'n'—it is 'inundation', not 'innundation'. The root is Latin 'inundare' (in + unda, meaning 'wave').

zh: 不要双写'n'——它是'inundation'，而不是'innundation'。词根是拉丁语'inundare'（in + unda，意为'波浪'）。

The inundation of the river valley destroyed hundreds of homes and displaced thousands of residents.

河谷的洪水泛滥摧毁了数百栋房屋，迫使数千名居民流离失所。
The company faced an inundation of customer complaints after the product recall.

产品召回后，该公司面临着大量涌入的客户投诉。
The Dutch used inundation as a defensive strategy, flooding the lowlands to halt the advancing army.

荷兰人将水攻作为防御策略，淹没低地以阻止敌军推进。
The ancient Egyptians based their agricultural calendar on the predictable inundation of the Nile.

古埃及人根据尼罗河可预测的泛滥来制定农业历法。
The geological record shows evidence of a major marine inundation during the Cretaceous period.

地质记录显示白垩纪时期曾发生过一次大规模的海侵。