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词汇 overflowed
释义 overflowed
past simple and past participle ofoverflow
overflow
verb
uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈfloʊ/

overflowverb (TOO FULL)


C2[ I or T ]
When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it: (液体)溢出,泛滥
The milk overflowed when I poured it into the jug.我往壶里倒牛奶的时候,牛奶溢了出来。
Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks.因为下大雨,河水可能会泛滥,漫过河岸。
[ I or T ]
If a container or a place overflows, whatever is inside it starts coming out because it is too full: (容器或场所)装不下,挤得太满
Oh no, the sink is overflowing all over the floor.啊呀,糟了,水槽满了,水流得满地都是。
The bin was overflowing with rubbish.垃圾箱里的垃圾满得装不下了。
C2[ I ]
When a place overflows, or people or things overflow from somewhere, some people or things have to come out because it cannot contain them all: (场所、人或事物)挤满,满得容不下;爆满;人满为患
The bar was so full that people were overflowing into/onto the street.酒吧里人满为患,顾客一直排到了大街上。
His room is overflowing with books.他的房间里放满了书。
UKThe train was full to overflowing (= so full that there was not space for any more passengers).火车上人满为患。
 to overflowing
so that water or another substance is almost coming over the top: (满得)要溢了
Someone had filled the sink to overflowing.不知谁把水槽里放满了水,都要溢出来了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Too much and unnecessary

overflowverb (EMOTIONS)


C2[ I ]
If you overflow with thoughts or feelings, you express them strongly: (想法或感情)充满,洋溢;(激情)澎湃
They were overflowing with emotion at the birth of their baby.看到孩子出生,他们喜不自禁。
Suddenly, her anger overflowed.突然,她怒气冲天。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Expressing and showing feelings
abandon
affect
affective
articulation
be in/get into a stateidiom
beat your breast/chestidiom
crimson
feelingly
fling
fling up your handsidiom
flush
freak
freak (someone) out
game face
pouty
roar
roar with something
sook
spill
spill out

Examples of overflowed


overflowed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


It overflowed with ostentatiously decorated guests costumed to replicate images in pictures from the past.
Note that for d = 42, all the normalized formulas could not be solved and overflowed the memory.
This overflowed out of the top of the membrane into a waste receptacle.
Rather, the stage has always overflowed with worlds within worlds.
Reminiscent of letters to close friends in which confidences were shared, her monthly bulletins overflowed with news, often for 25 to 30 pages, about her very busy life.
On only one occasion, about two years ago, when a small rain water outlet in the roof above became blocked and overflowed.
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The violence over there has inevitably overflowed into our own country.
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Sewage overflowed into the police mess once in 1973 and once in 1974.
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The existing market has expanded or overflowed into adjoining streets, or a new concentration of wholesalers has sprung up.
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As it overflowed, so the court gradually became unplayable.
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Only a few months ago some houses were put up, but during the recent heavy rainstorms the gutterings completely overflowed.
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Over a period the river has overflowed the banks.
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The week following that meeting the river overflowed again and the residents were evacuated.
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The report is narrow in concept, and, although it has overflowed to some extent, it is still narrow in its approach.
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The moment we put the bin in the area it overflowed with litter.
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