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awash

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++a·wash /əˈwɒʃ $ əˈwɒːʃ, əˈwɑːʃ/ adjective [not before noun]  1. WETcovered with water or another liquid 被淹没的2 TOO/TOO MUCHcontaining too many things or people of a particular kind 充斥的,泛滥的awash with All the pavements were awash with rubbish. 所有的人行道上全是垃圾。
Examples from the Corpus
awashThe ship leaned further to starboard and soon the decks were awash.The hull was holed in several places and the vessel was awash.The toilet leaks, leaving the bathroom floor awash in slimy water.Mark realized what he was doing and left the chapel awash with confusion.Meantime, Adelaide had become awash with journalists.Patrese's move was expected; the grapevine's been awash with rumour over next year's Williams line-up.Resources are stretched to the limit and, unless some one helps, the country will be awash with tears on Christmas morning.The public reception area, a strange mixture of green neon and granite, is awash with the sound of running water.The backstage area at G-Mex was awash with unadulterated sycophancy.
a·wash adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus covered water another with or liquid


awash
awash /əˈwɒʃ $ əˈwɒːʃ, əˈwɑːʃ/ adjective [not before noun]
1. covered with water or another liquid
2. containing too many things or people of a particular kind
    awash with
    All the pavements were awash with rubbish.


awashBrE /əˈwɒʃ/ 🔊NAmE /əˈwɔːʃ/ 🔊, /əˈwɑːʃ/ 🔊 adjective [not before noun] ~ (with water) covered with water 被淹没;被漫过;被水覆盖~ with sth having sth in large quantities 充满The city is awash with drugs. 这座城市毒品泛滥。🔊🔊