overwhelm
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [??v?'welm???v?'welm]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?o?.v??welm]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- vt.打擊；壓倒；使感動(dòng)；淹沒；打敗
詞根記憶
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒，壓倒)→在…上壓倒→征服，制服
- over(在…上) + whelm(壓倒)→壓倒
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹沒，壓倒)→征服
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹沒)→淹沒；壓倒
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒)→壓倒；淹沒
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒，壓倒)→淹沒；壓倒
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- overwhelming：壓倒性的；勢(shì)不可擋的。
- adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
- overwhelmingly：壓倒性地；不可抵抗地。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- overwhelming：壓倒；淹沒（overwhelm的ing形式）；制服。
用法辨析
- overwhelm的基本意思是“覆蓋”“淹沒”“泛濫”,其主語(yǔ)常指水; 引申則可表示“壓倒”“擊敗”,這時(shí)其主語(yǔ)常是人群。 overwhelm 還可表示某人“…之極”“非常激動(dòng)”“使不知所措”。
- overwhelm是及物動(dòng)詞,其后接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- A great wave overwhelmed the boat.
一個(gè)巨浪吞沒了那只小船。
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+～+ n./pron.
詞組短語(yǔ)
- overwhelm quite 非常感激
- overwhelm by 以…壓倒
- overwhelm with 被……壓倒
- overwhelm majority 壓倒大多數(shù)
- overwhelm m 淹沒;壓倒;征服;推翻
- to overwhelm 壓倒
- overwhelm overwhelm 淹沒;壓倒
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
～+副詞
～+介詞
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- (FORCE) to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
- (EMOTION) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
- (WATER) If water overwhelms a place, it covers it suddenly and completely.
- If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
- overwhelmed
- If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 壓倒
- 水泄不通