awash
英 [əˈwɒʃ]
美 [əˈwɑːʃ]
将“awash”与“all wet”联系起来,想象一个地方被水完全覆盖,就像“all wet”(全身湿透)一样,所以“awash”可以理解为“泛滥”或“被水淹没”。
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- awash (adj.)
- 1825, originally nautical, "on the level of, flush with," from a- (1) "on" + wash (n.). Figurative use by 1912.
- 1. This, after all, is a company which is awash with cash.
- 这毕竟是一家现金充裕的公司。
- 2. The bathroom floor was awash.
- 浴室地板浸在水中。
- 3. The city is awash with drugs.
- 这座城市毒品泛滥。
- 4. The lake overflowed till all the villages in the neighbourhood were awash.
- 湖水泛滥,使得周围的所有村庄都被水淹没.
- 5. The ship's deck was awash in the storm.
- 在暴风中轮船的甲板被海水漫过.