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大量涌来;大批泛滥
A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
例句
A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post...
大量的手稿开始通过邮递涌来。
This has brought a deluge of criticism.
这一下子招来了铺天盖地的批评。
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VERB
使涌现;使充满
If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time.
例句
During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints.
1933 年间,大量的投诉信涌进了巴本的办公室。
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暴雨;(突降的)大雨
A deluge is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain.
例句
About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
在这场暴雨中大约有十几家房屋被毁。
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VERB
(暴雨)袭击,使泛滥
If rain deluges a place, it falls very heavily there, sometimes causing floods.
例句
At least 150 people are believed to have died after two days of torrential rain deluged the capital.
连续两天的滂沱大雨致使首都积水成灾,据信至少已有 150 人死亡。