Flood

(noun.) a large flow.

(noun.) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing.

(noun.) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.

(noun.) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; 'plains fertilized by annual inundations'.

(noun.) an overwhelming number or amount; 'a flood of requests'; 'a torrent of abuse'.

(verb.) cover with liquid, usually water; 'The swollen river flooded the village'; 'The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes'.

(verb.) become filled to overflowing; 'Our basement flooded during the heavy rains'.

(verb.) supply with an excess of; 'flood the market with tennis shoes'; 'Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient'.

戈代娃手打

• In the dark the flood looked high. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• If the flood annoyed him, so much the better. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He had not known how hurt he was, how his tissue, the very tissue of his brain was damaged by the corrosive flood of death. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• As it got to be flood-tide, and the water came nearer to them, noises on the river became more frequent, and they listened more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But, sir, when I quivered my eyes again, and saw that it wasn't there, then it all flooded upon me with a fright, and I jumped up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• While the record is being traced the waxed disc is kept flooded with alcohol from a glass jar, seen in the cut, to soften the film and prevent the clogging of the stylus. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But it could make no headway against the cheap labour of Europe in watch-making, and the country was flooded with watches of all qualities, principally from Switzerland and England. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• This art is also largely employed for printing maps, and the reproduction of the pages of books by this process has flooded the stores and news stands with cheap literature. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I have ordered the pumps started, and in five minutes the pits will be flooded. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• About an hour's ride over a rough, rocky road, half flooded with water, and through a forest of oaks of Bashan, brought us to Dan. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The sense of the awfulness of riches that could never be impaired flooded her mind like a swoon, a death in most marvellous possession, mystic-sure. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Rivers and pipes have their metres, so that now the velocity and volume of rivers and streams are measured and controlled, and floods prevented. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It had fought gamely with floods and droughts, with cholera and panics, with desperadoes and with land thieves. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Let, thenthe rains fall, and the floods descend--only I must first get rid of this basket of fruit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Yes, answered Gutenberg, it is in effect a wine-press, but it shall shortly spout forth floods of the most abundant and marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to quench the thirst of man. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Alternate frosts and thaws succeeding to floods, rendered the country impassable. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Fresh floods of tears were now forced out for my aunt Martha; however go she would. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Fluctuations in the lake due to floods are controlled by an immense spillway dam built of concrete. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Rice for its growth needs periodical flooding, and irrigation often supplies the necessary water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The evening light, flooding yellow along the fields, lit up Birkin's face with a tense, abstract steadfastness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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