真的被水蓋過
這一支就是核心畫面本身，水還是水：浪蓋過礁石、雨水漫過巷子、破水管的水鋪滿地板。
adjective · C1
Covered with water or another liquid, usually with the liquid running or moving over the surface.
被水淹過的；積滿水的
核心畫面
Picture a flat rock at the edge of the sea, just low enough that every wave runs right over it. The rock is not under the sea and not out of it; the water keeps arriving, spreading across the whole surface, and running off again. That is the picture to hold. English keeps the picture and changes what the water is made of. Rain water over a lane, spilled water over a kitchen floor, and then, once the picture goes loose, cheap calendars over every shop table or messages over an inbox. Whatever it is, it keeps coming and it covers everything.
可以想成海邊一塊扁扁的岩石，剛好低到每一道浪都會整片洗過去。它不算沉在海裡，也不算露在外面；水一直來、鋪滿整面，然後…更多收起
可以想成海邊一塊扁扁的岩石，剛好低到每一道浪都會整片洗過去。它不算沉在海裡，也不算露在外面；水一直來、鋪滿整面，然後又退掉。這張圖就是整個字。英文留著這張圖，只換掉「水」是什麼做的。雨水漫過巷子、破水管的水漫過廚房地板；再放鬆一點，就變成便宜月曆鋪滿每張店面桌子、訊息塞爆收件匣。不管換成什麼，共同點都是：一直來，而且蓋住全部。From the word’s history
The packet's source records awash simply as a- plus wash.
來源資料對這個字的說明很短：awash 就是 a- 加上 wash（沖洗）。字面上就是「正被沖著」的狀態，剛好對上浪一次次洗過礁石那張圖。（來源附的字根樹把 a- 接到表示「不」的那一個希臘字首，與這裡的用法對不上，所以只取 a- + wash 這一句。）
packet evidence: Wiktionary etymology_text for awash (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:532302162:12977) — 'From a- + wash.'
Two branches
東西多到像淹過來
水換成別的東西，畫面照舊：一直來、鋪滿、擋不住。差別只在被淹的是店面、收件匣還是腦袋。
adjective · C1
Having so much of something that it seems to be everywhere, often more of it than anyone wants or needs.
充斥著；多到滿出來