托福每日一词：swamp
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来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
swamp
常考释义
1、n.沼泽
land that is always wet and often partly covered with water
例：I spent one whole night by a swamp behind the road listening to frogs.
我整个晚上都在这条路后面的一个沼泽地旁听蛙鸣。
2、v.淹没
to cover (something) with water
例：Huge waves swamped the vessel.
巨浪吞没了那艘船。
3、v.(一般用被动)面临(大量工作/人群)
to cause (someone or something) to have to deal with a very large amount of things or people at the same time
【usually used as (be) swamped by/with sth】忙于某事;挤满了人
例：We’ve been swamped with phone calls since the advert appeared.
自从广告出来后，电话多得使我们应接不暇。
音频中例句
1、All our feet were swamped in the mud.
我们的脚都陷在淤泥中了。
2、The flood swamped the whole village.
洪水淹没了整个村庄。
3、At the beginning of the semester we were swamped with applications, but I guess everyone who wants a job has one by now.
这学期刚开始的时候，我们都忙着求职，但我猜想要就业的人现在应该已经有工作了。
4、The city is swamped with tourists.
这个城市到处都是游客。
练习
判断下列句子中swamp的意思。
1、Their electronic navigation failed and a rogue wave swamped the boat.
2、Because of the new laws, we were swamped with paperwork.
3、In the summer, the town is swamped with/by tourists.
4、Paris herb is a bloom – a typical forest herb that grows at islands in the swamp.
(注： 练习答案下拉至底部可见)
拓展
同根词：
swampy(adj.)沼泽的;湿地的;沼泽多的;松软的
同义词：
wetland / cienaga 沼泽;湿地
embog (vt.)是陷入泥沼;陷入困境
练习答案
