overheat

1. V-T/V-I If something overheats or if you overheat it, it becomes hotter than is necessary or desirable. 使過熱; 變得過熱

The engine was overheating and the car was not handling well. 引擎過熱，汽車運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)不正常。

2. overheatedADJ 過熱的

...that stuffy, overheated apartment. …那所令人窒息，悶熱難耐的公寓。

3. V-T/V-I If a country's economy overheats or if conditions overheat it, it grows so rapidly that inflation and interest rates rise very quickly. 使 (經(jīng)濟(jì)) 過熱; (經(jīng)濟(jì)) 過熱[商業(yè)]

The private sector is increasing its spending so sharply that the economy is overheating. 私營經(jīng)濟(jì)支出急劇地攀陞導(dǎo)致經(jīng)濟(jì)過熱。

4. overheatedADJ 過熱的

...the disastrous consequences of an overheated market. …一個(gè)發(fā)展過熱市場的災(zāi)難性後果。