单词 | overfilled |
释义 | overfilledadj. That has been filled to excess or to overflowing; (of a container, etc.) containing too much. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > excessively full overfullOE overfilledc1230 engorged1562 plethoric1644 supercharged1784 overglutted1792 overstuffed1808 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 83 Þeos þreo manere men habbeð in heouene wið ouer fullet [a1250 Nero ouer fulle] mede crune up o crune. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 65 Th' ouer-burthned Tables bend with waight Of their Ambrosial ouer-filled fraight. 1838 W. Ware Probus I. iii. 87 Never..did the sacred chickens seize so easily the crumbs. Many times..did he observe them..drop them from their mouths overfilled. 1870 Philos. Trans. 1869 (Royal Soc.) 159 642 The eye judges very accurately whether the interval is underfilled or overfilled. 1900 Daily News 6 July 3/3 Overfilled, undermanned hospital, without medical necessities. 1977 Times 23 Feb. 3/2 Judges could do nothing about the overfilled court lists, which were inconveniencing everyone. 1999 N.Y. Times 28 Nov. iv. 2/5 Injuries to flight attendants and passengers are caused when bags fall from overfilled storage bins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1230 |
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