Overflow
[əʊvə'fləʊ] or [,ovɚ'flo]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity.
(verb.) flow or run over (a limit or brim).
手打:弗拉德--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.
(v. t.) To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.
(v. i.) To run over the bounds.
(v. i.) To be superabundant; to abound.
(n.) A flowing over, as of water or other fluid; an inundation.
(n.) That which flows over; a superfluous portion; a superabundance.
(n.) An outlet for the escape of surplus liquid.
艾达整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Inundate, deluge, flood, flow over.[2]. Overspread, overrun.
v. n. Overrun, run over.
n. [1]. Inundation.[2]. Superabundance, exuberance, luxuriance, profusion, excess.
丹尼整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Redundancy, exuberance, superabundance, deluge, inundation
ANT:Deficiency, exhaustion, subsidence
整理:特蕾西
解釋/意思:
v.t. to flow over: to flood: to overwhelm: to cover as with numbers.—v.i. to run over: to abound.—n. O′verflow a flowing over: that which flows over: a pipe or channel for spare water &c.: an inundation: superabundance: abundance: copiousness.—adj. flowing over: over full: abundant.—adj. Overflow′ing exuberant very abundant.—adv. Overflow′ingly.—Overflow meeting a supplementary meeting of those unable to find room in the main meeting.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Every housewife knows that if a kettle is filled with cold water to begin with, there will be an overflow as soon as the water becomes heated. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This had caused an overflow into the intake pipe, which in turn interfere d with the action of a valve. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- For answer, she let the tears on her lids overflow and run slowly downward. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Eight hundred thousand pounds, therefore, must overflow, that sum being over and above what can be employed in the circulation of the country. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And in the unwonted overflow of his feelings, he left a cousinly kiss upon her cheek. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Whatever, therefore, is poured into it beyond this sum, cannot run into it, but must overflow. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Her profile did not stir, but he saw a tear overflow on her lashes and hang in a mesh of her veil. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Some miles from New Carthage the levee to Bayou Vidal was broken in several places, overflowing the roads for the distance of two miles. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Let us not for a moment forget our object and our hope; and they will form a resistless mound to stop the overflowing of our regret for trifles. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And I was that nearest person--brimful of comfort, charged to overflowing with seasonable and reviving words. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- There were our Mohammedan servants, a Latin monk, two Armenians and a Jew in our cortege, and all alike gazed with overflowing eyes. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I took my aunt in my arms--my overflowing tenderness was not to be satisfied, now, with anything less than an embrace. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Gutters and pipes had burst, drains had overflowed, and streets were under water. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I told her that my heart overflowed with love for her, that it was natural love which nothing in the past had changed or could change. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Yet my heart overflowed with kindness, and the love of virtue. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The river was very high, the banks being overflowed except where the bluffs come to the water's edge. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Even spies could not get near him, on account of the undergrowth and overflowed lands. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The bayous were soon filled and much of the country was overflowed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Tom's whole soul overflowed with compassion and sympathy for the poor wretches by whom he was surrounded. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Moreover, the pedagogic spirit overflows in the human mind; most people like telling other people not to. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How could you do otherwise, being totally destitute of the sympathies with which he overflows! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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