单词 | overflow population |
释义 | > as lemmasoverflow population overflow population n. a population or group of people which cannot be accommodated in a given area. ΚΠ 1886 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 66 America..is inviting the overflow populations of the world to take possession of her territory. 1952 M. Laski Village xiii. 184 The Walbridge Urban had put up the..houses just for some of their own overflow population. 1987 C. Higgitt tr. D. Carpanetto & G. Ricuperati Italy in Age of Reason i. i. 18 The town was freed from its old boundaries and the overflow population established itself in the suburbs. < as lemmas |
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