awash

英 [ə'wɒʃ] 美 [ə'wɔːʃ]

• adj. 被淹没的；泛滥的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. covered with water;

   "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"
   "the monsoon left the whole place awash"
   "a flooded bathroom"
   "inundated farmlands"
   "an overflowing tub"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. These rocks are awash at high tide.
   这些礁石在涨潮时被海水淹没。
2. The ship's deck was awash in the storm.
   在暴风中轮船的甲板被海水漫过。
3. The town is awash with tourists this time of year.
   每年这个时候小镇上就到处是游客。

经典引文

• The rising water set everything awash.

  出自： C. Reade

• An unpleasant black reef awash at half tide.

  出自： C. Mackenzie

• The glorious singing mingled with the exultant organ and the Abbey was awash with beauty of sound.

  出自： A. Seton

• The bar was awash Uncontrolled pints.

  出自： J. P. Donleavy

• The stock market has suddenly become awash with takeover bids and rumours.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

• rock awash 适淹礁

近反义词

【近义词】

• adrift 漂流地
• overflowing 溢出物
• flooded 充满的，充斥的...
• brimming 盈满的
• crammed 塞满的
• drenched 湿透的
• full of 充满 ...
• lacking 缺少的
• overstocked 过密的
• packed 塞满的
• saturated 饱和的
• soaked 湿透的
• sopping 浑身湿透的
• waterlogged 浸满水的
• inundated 洪泛的
• afloat 漂浮的