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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

overflow

英  [ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • overflows

    1. [C 可数名词] （因空间所限）无法容纳或安顿下的人或物

    The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough.

    双语例句

    例：

    Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow.

    医院旁搭起了帐篷以收治医院里住不下的人。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • to overflowing

    1. 满满地

    If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.

    双语例句

    例：

    The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables.

    菜园里长满了新鲜的蔬菜。

    VERB. 动词

  • overflows , overflowing , overflowed

    1. [I 不及物动词] 溢出 , 漫出

    If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in.

    双语例句

    例：

    Pour in some of the broth, but not all of it, because it will probably overflow.

    倒入部分肉汤，不要全部倒入，因为很可能会溢出来。

    例：

    The rivers overflowed their banks.

    河水漫过了河岸。

    2. [I 不及物动词] 挤满

    If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    Schreiber addressed an auditorium overflowing with journalists.

    施赖伯在挤满记者的礼堂致辞。

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