swamp

/swɒmp/

意味: 沼地

例文: Kai got lost in the swamp.
　　  カイは沼地で迷子になった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: swamp area(湿地帯), swamp forest(湿地林), swamp water(沼水)

定義: 低地にある湿った土地で、水がたまりやすい場所。植物が多く生え、動物も住んでいることが多い。湿地や沼地とも呼ばれる。

swampは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Noun: a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
Verb: drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
Verb: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: he was trapped in a medical swamp
Verb: The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
Verb: the basement was inundated after the storm
Verb: The images flooded his mind

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): deluge, drench, flood, inundate, swamp, swampland

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): fill, flood, situation, wetland

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): bog, brim, clog, clutter, complete, conflict of interest, crisis, crunch, deadlock, deluge, electrify, farce, flow, heap, hornet’s nest, hot potato, how-do-you-do, imbroglio, impregnate, ink, inundate, line, load, lubricate, marsh, mexican standoff, nightmare, no-win situation, overfill, pack, pad, pass, populate, prime, purgatory, quicksand, replenish, stuff, surcharge, swamp, time bomb, tinderbox, top off, urgency

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): slough

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: deluge, flood, flooding, inundation, swamp, swampy

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative