English Dictionary

swamp

IPA（発音記号）

/swɒmp/

動詞

比喩的用法

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.

日本語の意味

水で満たす、水浸しにする / （比喩的に）過度に忙しくさせる、圧倒する、手に負えなくする / （比喩的に）困難や危機に陥れる、破滅させる

The sudden storm will swamp the low-lying fields by midnight.

突然の嵐で、夜までに低地の畑が水浸しになるだろう。

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.

swamps （ present singular third-person ）

swamping （ participle present ）

swamped （ participle past ）

swamped （ past ）