swamp

圧倒する、忙殺する

処理できないほど多くの仕事や用事を人に与えること。

やさしい英語で： To give someone more work or things to deal with than they can manage.

• The calls swamped our small office.
• I am swamped with work today.
• Customers swamped the website with orders.

使い方： swamp someone/something with something (Customers swamped us with questions.); be swamped with something (We are swamped with orders.)

類義語： overwhelm, overload

よく使う表現： swamp someone with something, swamp the office, swamp the system

水浸しにする、浸水させる

正常に使えなくなるほど大量の水で覆ったり満たしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To cover or fill something with so much water that it cannot work properly.

• A wave swamped the boat.
• Heavy rain swamped the lower deck.
• Our canoe was swamped before we reached the shore.

類義語： flood, drench

よく使う表現： swamp a boat, swamp the deck

沼地

浅い水に覆われ、木が生えていることもある、非常に湿った土地。

やさしい英語で： An area of very wet land, often covered with shallow water and trees.

• Frogs live in the swamp.
• We walked carefully through the muddy swamp.
• These swamps provide homes for many birds.

類義語： wetland, marsh

よく使う表現： in a swamp, mangrove swamp, drain a swamp, forest swamp