/flʌd ||; flʌd/verb[I,T] 1 to fill a place with water; to be filled or covered with water 淹没；泛滥: I left the taps on and flooded the bathroom. 我忘了关水龙头，结果弄得浴室里满地都是水。The River Trent floods almost every year. 特伦特河几乎年年泛滥。
2 [I] flood in/into/out of sth to go somewhere in large numbers 如潮水般涌至: Since the television programme was shown, phone calls have been flooding into the studio. 自这个电视节目播出以来，电视台已接到了大批电话。
3 [I,T] (used about a thought, feeling, etc) to fill sb's mind suddenly （指思想、感觉等）突然充满心中，涌现: At the end of the day all his worries came flooding back. 一天快要过去的时候，他又突然牵挂重重。