snowed under

英 [snəʊd ˈʌndə(r)]

美 [snoʊd ˈʌndər]

adj.  (因工作或其他事情多而)穷于应付的，忙得不可开交的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (因工作或事情多而)穷于应付的，忙得不可开交的
  If you say that you aresnowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  1. Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
     埃德出演电视剧的时候收到了大量粉丝的来信。

双语例句

• I'm sorry, I can't meet you for lunch, I'm snowed under this week.
  实在抱歉，我不能和你会面共进午餐了，这周我忙得不可开交。
• Employers see the test as an effective way to filter out the weakest from the thousands of applications they receive. So many applications were received for the post that the secretary was snowed under.
  用人单位视该测试为一种行之有效的办法以从他们收到的几千封求职信中筛除最差的。接到这么多的求职信，秘书忙得不可开交。
• All the fields are snowed under; the animals will have to feed indoors.
  田野全被大雪覆盖了，牲畜只能在室内喂食。
• They were snowed under with invitations to parties.
  他们频频受邀参加宴会，疲于应付。
• Ed was snowed under with fan mail when he was doing his television show.
  埃德出演电视剧的时候收到了大量粉丝的来信。
• The cars were snowed under by drifts.
  车辆被积雪盖没了。
• The celebrity's office is snowed under with fan letters.
  那位名人的办公室里堆满了像雪片般飞来的崇拜者的来信。
• The city was struck by the elemental violence of the storm. The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
  该城市遭到了大自然强烈风暴的袭击。暴风雪袭击时，狗屋被雪覆盖了。
• The factory received so many orders that it was snowed under with work.
  工厂收到大量的定单，以致穷于应付。
• The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
  暴风雪袭击时，狗屋被雪覆盖了。