Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Flooded; submerged; inundated: Describes a state where an area, object, or surface is completely covered or overflowed by water or another liquid.
   • Overwhelmed; buried; swamped: Describes a figurative state of being completely covered or buried under a large quantity of things (e.g., paperwork, work, light).

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To flood; to submerge; to inundate: The action of water or liquid rising to cover an area completely.
   • To be buried in; to be swamped by: The action of being completely covered or overwhelmed by a non-liquid substance or abstract thing.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Sau cơn bão, nhiều con đường bị ngập. (After the storm, many roads were flooded.)
  • Cánh đồng ngập trong nước. (The field is submerged in water.)
  • Văn phòng của cô ấy ngập giấy tờ. (Her office is swamped with paperwork.)

• Verb:

  • Nước sông dâng cao và ngập cả bãi cỏ. (The river water rose and flooded the entire lawn.)
  • Anh ấy đang ngập trong công việc. (He is buried in work.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngập ngừng": to hesitate, to falter (in speech or action).

  • Cô ấy ngập ngừng một lúc trước khi trả lời. (She hesitated for a moment before answering.)

• "ngập tràn": to be filled to the brim with; to overflow with (often used for emotions or light).

  • Căn phòng ngập tràn ánh nắng. (The room is flooded with sunlight.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lụt lội / Lũ lụt (n): flood, flooding (the event or phenomenon).

  • Miền Trung thường chịu ảnh hưởng của lũ lụt. (The Central region is often affected by floods.)

• Chìm (v): to sink, to be submerged (often implies going below the surface).

  • Con thuyền chìm dưới làn nước. (The boat sank beneath the water.)

Synonyms

• Flooded: covered with water.
• Submerged: put under water.
• Inundated: overwhelmed with water or things.
• Swamped: overwhelmed, buried under a lot of something.

Related Idioms

• Ngập đầu ngập cổ: (lit. flooded up to the head and neck) to be up to one's neck in something; to be extremely overwhelmed.

  • Kỳ thi đến, sinh viên nào cũng ngập đầu ngập cổ trong sách vở. (Exams are coming, every student is up to their neck in books.)

• Ngập trong hạnh phúc: to be immersed in happiness.

  • Cô dâu chú rể ngập trong hạnh phúc. (The bride and groom were immersed in happiness.)

adj

1. flooded; submerged; inundated