whelm
英[welm]
美
- vi. 淹沒；覆蓋；壓倒
- vt. 淹沒；用…覆蓋
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?whelms;過去式:?whelmed;過去分詞:?whelmed;現在分詞:?whelming;
英文詞源
- whelm (v.)
- early 14c., probably from a parallel form of Old English -hwielfan (West Saxon), -hwelfan (Mercian), in ahwelfan "cover over;" probably altered by association with Old English helmian "to cover," from Proto-Germanic *hwalbjan, from PIE *kwelp- "to arch" (see gulf (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Counterfeit parts , in fact, could one day over whelm genuine parts.
- 果真如此, 總有一天,假李向陽會繳了真李向陽的槍.
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- 2. We whelm with tears at this time.
- 我們在這個時刻不由得感動淚流.
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