inundation
  淹水,洪水,大水
  In·un·da·tion n.
  1. The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
  With inundation wide the deluge reigns,
  Drowns the deep valleys, and o'erspreads the plains.   --Wilkie.
  2. An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
     To stop the inundation of her tears.   --Shak.
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  inundation
       n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
            normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
            inundations" [syn: flood, deluge, alluvion]
       2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
          torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, deluge, torrent]