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overflow

英 [əʊvə'fləʊ] 美[,ovɚ'flo]

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近义词over spill cascade run inundate

vi. 溢出；泛滥；充溢
n. 充满，洋溢；泛滥；超值；溢值
vt. 使溢出；使泛滥；使充溢

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词态变化

第三人称单数: overflows;过去式: overflowed;过去分词: overflown;现在分词: overflowing;

助记提示

1. over "漫过，溢出；高出" + flow "流动".
2. over "too much, 过多而出".

英文词源

overflow (v.): Old English oferfleow "to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank);" see over- + flow (v.). Related: Overflowed; overflowing.
overflow (n.): 1580s, "act of overflowing," from overflow (v.).

双语例句

1. Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow.: 医院旁搭起了帐篷以安置容纳不下的人员。

2. The loch's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden.: 溢出的湖水倾泻而下，形成了一座日式水景花园的瀑布。

3. There is an overflow of cheap ballpoint pens in the market.: 市场上圆珠笔泛滥.

4. The overflow from the bath ran on to the floor.: 浴缸里的水溢到了地板上.

5. The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.: 大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西.