Dictionary entry

Swamp

Pronunciation: /swɒmp/

Pronunciation

/swɒmp/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ရွံှ့ဗွက်

Definition

swamp /swɒmp/ n [C,U] စိမ့္။ ၫြန္ေပ်ာင္း။ ရႊံ႕ၫြန္။ v ၁။ ေရလႊမ္းသည္။ ေရျဖင့္ဖံုးသည္။ The sink overflowed and swamped the kitchen. ❍ A huge wave swamped the boat. ၂။ ~ sb/ sth (with sth) (esp passive) နစ္သည္။ ပိသည္။ I've been swamped with work this year. ❍ The embassy was swamped by a flood of visa applications. ❏ swampy adj စိမ့္ဆန္ေသာ။ ၫြန္ေပါေသာ။ swampy ground.

Examples

  1. [swamp someone with something] : Online bookshops were swamped with orders during the pre-Christmas rush.
  2. The hotel foyer was swamped by reporters and photographers.
  3. Fear for her children threatened to swamp her.