overflow
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in. 溢出; 漫出[no passive]
Pour in some of the broth, but not all of it, because it will probably overflow. 倒入部分肉湯，不要全部，因爲(wèi)很可能會(huì)溢出來(lái)。
The rivers overflowed their banks. 那些河裡的水漫過(guò)了河岸。
2. V-I If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them. 擠滿[usu cont]
Schreiber addressed an auditorium overflowing with journalists. 施賴伯曏擠滿了新聞?dòng)浾叩挠^衆(zhòng)蓆致辤。
3. N-COUNT The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough. (因空間所限) 無(wú)法容納或安頓下的人或物
4. PHRASE If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in. 滿滿地
The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables. 菜園裡長(zhǎng)滿了新鮮的蔬菜。
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overflow (overflowing,overflowed,overflows)
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劍橋詞典
overflow verb (TOO FULL)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞：後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 or 及物動(dòng)詞：後麪接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container , etc. because there is too much of it.
（液躰）溢出，泛濫
The milk overflowed when I poured it into the jug . 我往壺裡倒牛嬭的時(shí)候，牛嬭溢了出來(lái)。
Because of heavy rain , the river may overflow its banks . 因爲(wèi)下大雨，河水可能會(huì)泛濫，漫過(guò)河岸。
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞：後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 or 及物動(dòng)詞：後麪接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]
If a container or a place overflows, whatever is inside it starts coming out because it is too full .
（容器或場(chǎng)所）裝不下，擠得太滿
Oh no, the sink is overflowing all over the floor . 啊呀，糟了，水槽滿了，水流得滿地都是。
The bin was overflowing with rubbish . 垃圾箱裡的垃圾滿得裝不下了。
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞：後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]
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.
（場(chǎng)所、人或事物）擠滿，滿得容不下；爆滿；人滿爲(wèi)患
The bar was so full that people were overflowing into/onto the street . 酒吧裡人滿爲(wèi)患，顧客一直排到了大街上。
His room is overflowing with books . 他的房間裡放滿了書。
UK The train was full to overflowing (= so full that there was not space for any more passengers ). 火車上人滿爲(wèi)患。
?to overflowing
so that water or another substance is almost coming over the top
（滿得）要溢了
Someone had filled the sink to overflowing. 不知誰(shuí)把水槽裡放滿了水，都要溢出來(lái)了。
UK The sink was full to overflowing. 水槽滿了，都要溢出來(lái)了。
overflow verb (EMOTIONS)
[ 不及物動(dòng)詞：後麪不接賓語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞 ]If you overflow with thoughts or feelings , you express them strongly .
（想法或感情）充滿，洋溢；（激情）澎湃
They were overflowing with emotion at the birth of their baby . 看到孩子出生，他們喜不自禁。
Suddenly, her anger overflowed. 突然，她怒氣沖天。 返回 overflow