定义
a swamp: 沼泽,湿地
to be swamped with, by (something): 被...忙得一塌糊涂(某事)
Luna is swamped with applications for the new position. 鲁娜一直在忙着申请新职位。
I'm swamped with work. 我工作忙得不可开交。
Paris is swamped with tourists in the summer. 夏天,巴黎将淹没在游客中。
Pronunciation examples
UK: What's that moving in the swamp over there?
US: I'm swamped with work at the moment; you'll have to make your own coffee.
- "If it weren't for me, you'd be rotting away in some stinking swamp in the Amazon!"
- "Bob has been swamped with work the past several weeks, and it's clear that he needs some assistance."