overflow是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 When a liquid overflows, it flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it. -- （液體）溢出，氾濫

  • The milk overflowed when I poured it into the jug. 我往壺裡倒牛奶的時候，牛奶溢了出來。

  • Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks. 因為下大雨，河水可能會氾濫，漫過河岸。

  • Oh no, the sink is overflowing all over the floor. 啊呀，糟糕，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。

  • The bar was so full that people were overflowing into/onto the street. 酒吧裡人滿為患，顧客���直排到了街上。

  • 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). 火車上人滿為患。

  • Someone had filled the sink to overflowing. 不知誰把浴缸裡放滿水，都要溢出來了。

  • UK The sink was full to overflowing. 水槽滿了，都要溢出來了。

• 1 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。

• 2 an amount of liquid or number of people that cannot fit in a space -- （液體的）溢出；容納不下的人

  • I put a bucket underneath to catch the overflow from the water tank. 我在底下放了一個桶來接水箱裡溢出的水。

  • We can't cope with this overflow of patients from the other hospitals. 我們無法安排從其他醫院轉過來的這麼多病人。

• 3 a pipe that carries away water that is not needed -- 溢水管