Flooding is when land that is usually dry ends up under water. Heavy rain, a river coming over its sides, a broken dam, or the sea coming in can all cause it. Houses, roads, and fields can sit under water for hours or days.

Flooding is flooding指的是 when land that is usually dry ends up under water 平常乾的地變成泡在水裡。Heavy rain, a river coming over its sides, a broken dam, or the sea coming in 大雨、河水漫過堤岸、水壩潰堤，或海水倒灌 can all cause it 都可能造成這種情況。Houses, roads, and fields 房子、道路、田地 can sit under water for hours or days 可能泡在水裡好幾個小時甚至好幾天。

We use flooding for the situation — water covering the place — and flood for the event, though people mix them in real talk: There was flooding in the south and There was a flood can point at the same news. After a storm, newsreaders like flooding because they mean water lying on the land, not one single rush.

We use flooding for the situation flooding用來講這個狀況——water covering the place 就是水蓋住這個地方——and flood for the event flood則是用來講這個事件，though people mix them in real talk 不過大家實際講話時常常混用：There was flooding in the south and There was a flood There was flooding in the south和There was a flood can point at the same news 可能是在講同一則新聞。After a storm, newsreaders like flooding 暴風雨過後，新聞主播喜歡用flooding because they mean water lying on the land 因為他們指的是水一直積在地上，not one single rush 而不是一次性的沖過去。

People stretch it too: a shop can flood the market with cheap goods, or a room can be flooded with light. Those are pictures borrowed from water.

People stretch it too 大家也會延伸使用這個字：a shop can flood the market with cheap goods 一家店可以flood the market with cheap goods（把便宜貨大量湧入市場），or a room can be flooded with light 或者一個房間可以be flooded with light（灑滿光線）。Those are pictures borrowed from water 這些都是借用水的畫面。

The home meaning is water on the land.

The home meaning is water on the land 它最核心的意思就是水蓋在地上。