Swamp



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 沼泽 v. 使陷入
• ［英］ n. 沼泽 ( land which is always full of water) ; v. 使陷入 ( cause to have a large amount of problems to deal with)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of Middle English sompe, from Middle Dutch somp morass; akin to Middle High German sumpf marsh, Greek somphos spongy
• Date: 1624
• 1. a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water; especially one dominated by woody vegetation
• 2. a tract of swamp
• 3. a difficult or troublesome situation or subject
• ? swamp adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1784
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to fill with or as if with water ; inundate, submerge
    • b. to overwhelm numerically or by an excess of something ; flood <swamped with work>
  • 2. to open by removing underbrush and debris
• intransitive verb
  • to become submerged

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