deluge

deluge

意味(日本語)

大洪水 ◇de+lavare(=lave)

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意味(英語)

  • (noun) A great flood.
  • (noun) A heavy downpour.
  • (noun) Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.
  • (noun) In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.
  • (verb-transitive) To overrun with water; inundate.

例文

  • _Apres moi le deluge -- apres ca le deluge_ -- it might even come to that this time, they were both so tired -- and he viewed the prospect as a man mortally hurt might view the gradual failing of sun and sky above him, with hopelessness complete as a cloud in that sky, but with heart and brain too beaten now to be surprised with either agony or fear.

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abluent

洗浄する、洗剤

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ablution

ablution

沐浴(もくよく)、(宗教)清浄式 ◇ab+luere(=洗う)

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dilute

dilute

希薄にする、薄くする ◇dis+luere(=洗う)

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dilution

dilution

希釈、希釈液

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lave

lave

洗う、沐浴する、(流れが岸を)洗う

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lava

lava

溶岩(山肌を洗うように流れるもの) ◇L.labes(=陥没、沈下)

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lavation

lavation

(医学)洗浄

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lavatory

lavatory

洗面所(手を洗うところ)

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lavish

lavish

浪費する、豊かな(湯水のごとく)

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launder

launder

洗濯する

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laundress

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洗濯女

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laundry

laundry

洗濯場、クリーニング屋

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lotion

lotion

化粧水、ローション ◇L.lavare(=洗浄する)

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