whelm

[welm]

v. 用 ... 覆盖, 淹没

词形变化：

动词过去式: whelmed | 动词过去分词: whelmed | 动词现在分词: whelming | 动词第三人称单数: whelms |

vt.vi.

压倒; 淹没; 覆盖

whelm

过去式：whelmed

过去分词：whelmed

现在进行时：whelming

词形变化：

动词过去式: whelmed | 动词过去分词: whelmed | 动词现在分词: whelming | 动词第三人称单数: whelms |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

shower

whelm[hwelm]vt.1.■淹没，覆盖：The spy whelmed his hat down over his eyes.那个间谍拉下帽子盖住了眼睛。2.■压倒：to be whelmed with a rush of joy得意忘形3.■使淹没，使覆盖：The avalanche whelmed the small mountain village.雪崩淹没了小山村。vi.1.■覆盖，淹没

1. [with obj.]engulf, submerge, or bury (someone or something)
   淹没，湮灭，掩埋
   a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm.
   被狂风暴雨淹没了的游泳者。
   ■[noobj. with adverbial of direction]flow or heap up abundantly
   泛滥，溢出
   the brook whelmed up from its source.
   小溪从源头处沽沽涌出。
   

1. an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge
   泛滥，溢出；汹涌起伏
   the whelm of the tide.
   潮水的汹涌。
   

1. Middle English: representing an Old English form parallel to hwelfan 'overturn (a vessel')
   

whelm

动词 whelm:

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

同义词：overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake

whelm

■under whelm

很不起眼; 无足轻重

■We whelm with tears at this time.

我们在这个时刻不由得感动泪流。

■Things have been improving since those darks days, but the comeback story is getting a little stale with investors, who are tired that the company always seems to under whelm and lower expectations.

这段黑暗时期过后，情况出现了好转，但这样的复苏故事已让投资者感到有些厌倦，他们已被该公司的平淡业绩和低下预期弄得疲惫不堪。