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Welcome to the Voice of America's Newswords.
欢迎来到VOA慢速英语新闻词汇栏目。
Hundreds of hunters in Florida's Everglades recently competed in a yearly competition to capture snakes called Burmese Pythons.
最近，佛罗里达州大沼泽地的数百名猎人参加了一年一度的比赛，捕捉一种叫做缅甸蟒蛇的蛇。
Swamp.
沼泽。
Some hunters are employed year-round to help control the python population in the swamp.
一些猎人全年受雇，以帮助控制沼泽中的蟒蛇数量。
But the competition brings in many snakes at once. The prize for bringing in the most is $10,000.
但是，比赛一下子捕到了很多蛇。捕到最多的奖金是10,000美元。
A swamp is a wetland, often dense with woody plants.
沼泽是一种湿地，通常长满了木本植物。
But the word swamp can also be a verb, meaning to overpower an amount or number.
但是“swamp”这个词也可以是一个动词，意思是压倒性的数量或数字。
