Overgrow
[əʊvə'grəʊ] or ['ovɚ,gro]
解释:
(verb.) grow beyond or across; 'The ivy overgrew the patio'.
(verb.) become overgrown; 'The patio overgrew with ivy'.
(verb.) grow too large.
校对:莱斯利--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To grow over; to cover with growth or herbage, esp. that which is rank.
(v. t.) To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress.
(v. i.) To grow beyond the fit or natural size; as, a huge, overgrown ox.
整理:斯特拉
解释:
v.t. to grow beyond: to rise above: to cover with growth.—v.i. to grow beyond the proper size.—adj. Overgrown′ grown beyond the natural size.—n. O′vergrowth.
哈蒂编辑
例句:
- There were villas with iron fences and big overgrown gardens and ditches with water flowing and green vegetable gardens with dust on the leaves. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- A field overgrown with briars and brambles, may frequently produce as great a quantity of vegetables as the best cultivated vineyard or corn field. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- It is hard to be laughed at in my moments of sentiment, as if my soul was like myself, old and overgrown. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Overgrown with heth and mosse, says Leland of the same dark sweep of country. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Trabb's boy--Trabb's overgrown young man now--went before us with a lantern, which was the light I had seen come in at the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- There were two small islands overgrown with bushes and a few trees, towards the middle. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Time, however, overgrew this softness with the rough bark of manhood, and but few knew how living and fresh it still lay at the core. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- It showed no variation but of tint: green, where rush and moss overgrew the marshes; black, where the dry soil bore only heath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
校对:惠特尼