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flooding

/fluhd-ing/US // ˈflʌd ɪŋ //UK // (ˈflʌdɪŋ) //

水灾,水患,淹没,淹水

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear-producing situation.

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Examples

  • The area deals with both polluted waters due to toxic runoff, and severe flooding risks due to the stormwater system’s condition.

  • It is relatively rare to have a collapsed glacier trigger this kind of flooding, with the last such event occurring in 2016 in Tibet.

  • Many of them lived through Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003, a 100-year storm that left some residents thinking it would be the worst flooding event of their lives.

  • Muhyiddin said flooding in a number of states also contributed to the need for increased powers in addition to the virus.

  • City officials said the flooding was exacerbated not just by their aging stormwater system, but by runoff from logging above the town.

  • Monsoon rains sparked widespread flooding that submerged the camp in water.

  • I stumble through interviews for my job at NY1, memories flooding back.

  • In February 2011, during a winter storm, a tree fell into a creek in Franklin Township, New Jersey, and caused flooding.

  • Meanwhile her husband William and his brother Harry were busy laying sandbags in towns affected by flooding.

  • The game consists of flooding the bathroom with water, hiking up your skirt, and then gliding over the stream.

  • A crevasse was made in the levee above New Orleans flooding much of the city.

  • And he laughed again as the memories came back with a rush, flooding his mind with vivid detail.

  • The late moon had risen and was flooding the grounds with its light, bringing out distinctly the objects nearest to him.

  • The sun was setting behind the purple hills, flooding the green fields and silver sea with the crimson of his parting rays.

  • These battles were fought in a sea of mud formed by the rain and the flooding of the land by the Belgians.