IELTS Vocabulary

flooding

/ˈflədɪŋ/

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Chinese meaning: 淹没;泛滥

Heavy rains caused the river to overflow, flooding the nearby farmland.

暴雨导致河水泛滥,淹没了附近的农田。

The broken pipe was flooding the basement with water within minutes.

破裂的水管几分钟内就让地下室灌满了水。

Browse more words in this category