English Dictionary

swamp

/swɒmp/

verb

To drench or fill with water. / (figuratively) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of. / (figuratively) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

The heavy rain swamped the streets.

意味（1）

To drench or fill with water.

The boat was swamped in the storm.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To overwhelm; to make too busy, or overrun the capacity of.

I have been swamped with paperwork ever since they started using the new system.

意味（3）

(figuratively) To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped by the creation of twelve Tory peers.