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swamped
v. 淹(堵塞,干扰)
a. 泥沼状(沼泽)
  1. The boat was swamped with a huge wave.
    巨浪淹船。
  2. That ditch drains water from the swamp.
    沼泽




Swamp \Swamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swamped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swamping}.]
1. To plunge or sink into a swamp.

2. (Naut.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to
capsize or sink by whelming with water.

3. Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to
overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.

The Whig majority of the house of Lords was swamped
by the creation of twelve Tory peers. --J. R. Green.

Having swamped himself in following the ignis fatuus
of a theory. --Sir W.
Hamilton.