洪水

• The sluices had already been opened, and with every day the floods were spreading .
  水闸已经打开，洪水逐日奔流。
• The village was cut off by floods and helicopters had to bring in food .
  这个村子被洪水隔离了，只好用直升机运进食物。
• We realized that they must have become unduly frightened by the rising flood .
  我们看得出，上涨的洪水一定使他们怕得过分了。
• Many motorists were forced to stop over in that town because of floods .
  由于洪水泛滥，许多汽车驾驶人员不得不在该城镇中途停留。
• Under flood conditions, great amounts of topsoil are washed to receiving streams .
  在洪水泛滥时，大量表层土壤被冲刷到承受的水流中。
• Heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well .
  大雨不仅将冲走土壤，而且可能造成严重的洪水灾害。
• Slowly now it floated among logs and brushwood and over the flooded land .
  这时它缓缓地在树干和矮树间漂浮着，又浮到被洪水淹没的陆地上。
• Beginning in the spring of 1915, they poured out articles and books in a virtual flood .
  从1915年春开始，他们的文章和书籍象洪水一般泛滥。
• Some plains rivers regularly fertilize and irrigate surrounding areas with their floods .
  有些平源河流不断地以其洪水培肥和灌溉着周围的地区。
• After the first flood, we planted 300 olive and almond trees behind each dam .
  第一次洪水之后，我们在每个水坝后面补种了300棵橄榄树和巴日杏树。