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swamp

B1 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. làm ngập nước

    To drench or fill with water.

    The boat was swamped in the storm.

  2. làm quá tải, tràn ngập

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

    figuratively

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

  3. dìm vào khó khăn, làm tiêu tan

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

    figuratively

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

  4. phát quang (để lấy lối đi)

    To clear (a road or an area) of brush, particularly so as to create a path for loggers to be able to access trees.

    appalachia

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