flood

洪水

普段は乾いている土地を大量の水が覆うこと。

やさしい英語で： A large amount of water that covers land which is normally dry.

• The flood damaged our house.
• Heavy rain caused floods across the region.
• Families left the village after a flood warning.

類義語： inundation

反対語： drought

よく使う表現： severe flood, flood damage, flood warning, river flood

殺到、洪水

短時間に大量のものが届き、対応しきれなくなること。

やさしい英語で： A very large number of things arriving quickly, often too many to deal with.

• We received a flood of emails.
• A flood of visitors arrived after lunch.
• The office struggled with the sudden flood of applications.

使い方： a flood of something (The announcement brought a flood of questions.)

類義語： deluge, torrent

反対語： trickle

よく使う表現： flood of complaints, flood of messages, a sudden flood

浸水する、水浸しにする

場所を水で覆うこと、または場所が水に覆われること。

やさしい英語で： To cover a place with water, or become covered with water.

• The river flooded our garden.
• Our basement floods whenever it rains heavily.
• The storm flooded several streets last night.

類義語： inundate, submerge

よく使う表現： flood the streets, flood a house, flood the basement

あふれる、流れ込む

特に大雨の後、水があふれたり大量に流れ込んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： To overflow or flow into a place in large amounts, especially after heavy rain.

• The river began to flood.
• Rainwater flooded into the kitchen.
• After the storm, water flooded over the riverbanks.

使い方： flood into something (Water flooded into the cellar.); flood over something (The river flooded over its banks.)

類義語： overflow

よく使う表現： river starts to flood, flood into something, flood over something

あふれさせる、殺到する

大量のものが場所を埋めたり、人を対応しきれなくさせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To fill a place or overwhelm someone with a very large number of things.

• Advertisements flood my inbox.
• Cheap products have flooded the market.
• Fans flooded the website with messages of support.

使い方： flood something with something (Cheap imports flooded the market with low-priced toys.)

類義語： overwhelm, inundate, swamp

よく使う表現： flood the market, flood with something, flood someone’s inbox, flood someone with something