及物动词

名词

1. 沼泽(地)
A swamp is an area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it.

2. 淹没;浸没
If something swamps a place or object, it fills it with water.

3. 使不堪承受;使疲于应对;使应接不暇
If you are swamped by things or people, you have more of them than you can deal with.

1. low land that is seasonally flooded
has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

Synonym: swampland

2. a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

e.g. he was trapped in a medical swamp