-
1 deluge
'delju:‹
1. noun(a great quantity of water: Few people survived the deluge.) diluvio, inundación
2. verb(to fill or overwhelm with a great quantity: We've been deluged with orders for our new book.) inundar, abrumartr['deljʊːʤ]1) flood: inundar2) overwhelm: abrumardeluged with requests: abrumado de pedidosdeluge n1) flood: inundación f2) downpour: aguacero m3) barrage: aluvión mn.• diluvio s.m.v.• inundar v.
I 'deljuːdʒ1)a) ( flood) inundación fb) ( downpour) diluvio m2) (of protests, questions, letters) aluvión m, avalancha f
II
1) ( overwhelm)they were deluged with protests/letters — recibieron un aluvión de protestas/cartas
2) ( flood) inundar['deljuːdʒ]1.N [of rain] diluvio m ; [of floodwater] inundación fthe Deluge — (Rel) el Diluvio
2.VT (fig) inundar ( with de)he was deluged with gifts — se vio inundado de regalos, le llovieron los regalos
he was deluged with questions — lo acribillaron a preguntas, le llovieron las preguntas
we are deluged with work — tenemos trabajo hasta encima de las cabezas, estamos hasta las cejas de trabajo
* * *
I ['deljuːdʒ]1)a) ( flood) inundación fb) ( downpour) diluvio m2) (of protests, questions, letters) aluvión m, avalancha f
II
1) ( overwhelm)they were deluged with protests/letters — recibieron un aluvión de protestas/cartas
2) ( flood) inundar
См. также в других словарях:
deluge — /ˈdɛljudʒ / (say delyoohj) noun 1. a great overflowing of water; inundation; flood; downpour. 2. anything that overwhelms like a flood. –verb (t) (deluged, deluging) 3. to flood; inundate. 4. to overrun; overwhelm: *Every member of Parliament is… …
Rec.music.white-power newsgroup vote — The rec.music.white power newsgroup vote took place in February of 1996. The newsgroup was proposed by Milton Kleim, a person known as one of the most vocal online proponents of the white supremacist movement, and a person who had started a… … Wikipedia
deluge — 1. noun /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/ a) A great flood or rain. The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt. b) An overwhelming amount of something. The rock concert was a deluge of sound. 2 … Wiktionary
Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan, adj., n. /sree lahng keuh, lang keuh, shree / an island republic in the Indian Ocean, S of India: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 18,762,075; 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km). Cap.: Colombo. Formerly, Ceylon. Arabic, Serendip.… … Universalium
Wikipedia:New pages patrol — For the NewPP counter and its template limits, see Wikipedia:Template limits. Shortcuts: WP:NPP WP:Newpp Wikimedia Foundation is inviting former and current new page patrollers to take part in a survey. If you have patrolled pages and would like… … Wikipedia
Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina — Hurricane Katrina 2005 Atlantic hu … Wikipedia
Vietnam War — Part of the Cold War and the Indochina Wars … Wikipedia
Felix Mendelssohn — … Wikipedia
