swamp

vt

1. 常用被动 使困顿；难倒

• be swamped by debt 为债务所困

• We were swamped with telephone calls after we put the ad in the newspaper. 自从在报纸上登了广告后，我们的电话应接不暇。

2. 浸没；淹没

• A huge wave swamped the vessel. 一个巨浪淹没了那条船。

vi 被淹没；被浸没

• The boat swamped. 那条船被淹没了。