| 单词 | overgrown |
| 释义 | overgrown (oʊvəʳgroʊn ) 1. adjective If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds. [+ with] As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe an adult as an overgrown child, you mean that their behaviour and attitudes are like those of a child, and that you dislike this. [disapproval] ...a bunch of overgrown kids. Daphne Farlow, at forty-five, still looked and spoke like an overgrown schoolgirl. Collocations: overgrown path He grabbed his coat and the pair set off along the dark, overgrown path. Times, Sunday Times The overgrown paths of the cemetery have been cleared. Times,Sunday Times We not only arrange walks of various lengths, but also have volunteer groups that repair stiles, cut back overgrown paths etc under the auspices of the county council. Times, Sunday Times There have been flint finds in the area, which also contains raths, deserted farms and overgrown paths joining the fields and homesteads and trails scattered over the mountain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 漫生的无人照料而野草 Japanese: 茂りすぎた |
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