| 单词 | overflow |
| 释义 | verb | noun overflowoverflow1 /ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] 1if a river, lake, or container overflows or overflows its edges, it is so full that the liquid or material inside it flows over its edges: Turn off the water so the sink doesn’t overflow. Shoal Creek overflowed its banks Friday.overflow with The trash can overflowed with beer bottles.2if something inside a container, river, lake, etc. overflows, there is too much of it so that it flows over the edges of the container, river, etc.: The drainage system flooded, and water overflowed down the streets.3if a place overflows with people or if people overflow a place, there are too many of them to fit into it: overflow with The hospitals are overflowing with victims of the hurricane.4overflowing (with something) completely full: Her little room was overflowing with stuffed animals.5overflow with love/gratitude etc. to have a very strong feeling of love, etc.: Hampton overflows with enthusiasm when he talks about jazz. verb | noun overflowoverflow2 /ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/ noun 1[countable usually singular] the additional people or things that cannot be contained in a place because it is already full: Two temporary parking lots were set up to handle the overflow.overflow of an overflow of students2[uncountable] an act of overflowing something: overflow of an overflow of water from the lake3[countable] a pipe through which water flows out of a container when it becomes too full—overflow adjective: The overflow crowd stood in the back of the theater. |
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