overflowing

The verb is pronounced /ˌəʊvə'fləʊ/. The noun is pronounced /'əʊvəfləʊ/. 动词读作 /ˌəʊvə'fləʊ/。名词读作 /'əʊvəfləʊ/。


1. VERB 漫出；溢出；泛滥
   If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in.
   1. Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow...
      倒一些糖浆进去，但别全倒，因为可能会溢出来。
   2. Rivers and streams have overflowed their banks in countless places.
      在许多地方，河流与小溪都已经决堤。
2. VERB 充满；挤满；装满
   If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them.
   1. The great hall was overflowing with people...
      大礼堂里挤满了人。
   2. Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing...
      监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
   3. He emptied a few overflowing ashtrays.
      他将几只满满的烟灰缸倒干净。
3. VERB 洋溢着（情感）；（情感）溢于言表
   If someone is overflowing with a feeling or if the feeling overflows, the person is experiencing it very strongly and shows this in their behaviour.
   1. Kenneth overflowed with friendliness and hospitality...
      肯尼思满怀友善好客之情。
   2. Ridley's anger finally overflowed.
      里德利终于按捺不住满腔的怒火。
4. N-COUNT （过多而）容纳不下的人（或东西）
   The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough.
   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。
5. N-COUNT 溢流口；溢流管
   An overflow is a hole or pipe through which liquid can flow out of a container when it gets too full.
   1. ...the overflow pipe.
      溢流管
6. PHRASE 将要溢出
   If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
   1. The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables...
      家庭菜园里种满了新鲜蔬菜。
   2. He was one of the few teachers who always filled the lecture room to overflowing.
      他是为数不多的课堂场场爆满的老师之一。

1. The great hall was overflowing with people
   大礼堂里挤满了人。
2. Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing
   监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
3. He emptied a few overflowing ashtrays.
   他将几只满满的烟灰缸倒干净。
4. The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables
   家庭菜园里种满了新鲜蔬菜。
5. He was one of the few teachers who always filled the lecture room to overflowing.
   他是为数不多的课堂场场爆满的老师之一。
6. She was a most generous woman, overflowing with the milk of human kindness.
   她是一位非常厚道的女人，充满恻隐之心。
7. The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products.
   集市上农副产品非常丰富。
8. The nurse is overflowing with love.
   这位护士充满了爱心。
9. The milk is overflowing.
   牛奶溢出来了。
10. The milk is overflowing the cup.
    牛奶溢出了杯子。
11. She felt an overflowing love for bette, a much stronger emotion than she could recall ever having felt for anyone else.
    她对蓓蒂怀着无限的爱，一种她对别人从来未有过的爱。
12. The poem is an outpouring of the poet's overflowing heart.
    诗人的激情流泻于笔端。
13. My heart is overflowing with gratitude.
    我心里充满了感激之情。
14. A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.
    伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。
15. When I arrived, overflowing with painful emotions, the ball was already in full swing.
    当我怀着痛苦的心情来到舞会时，舞会上已相当热闹了。
16. The overflowing of economic man hypothesis has led to a serious moral crisis.
    经济人理念的泛化引发了严重的道德危机。
17. Two days is enough for you to realize the overflowing happiness of living in Chenzhou!
    只在郴州呆了两天，就能感受到生活在这座城市的幸福！
18. The clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street.
    狂欢的人群堵塞了街道。
19. One day there's nothing under the tree, and the next morning the floor's overflowing with junk.
    前一天，那棵树下面还什么都没有，可第二天早上地板上就满是垃圾了。
20. The bathtub is overflowing.
    浴缸里的水满得溢出来了。
21. They were filled to overflowing with joy at the good news.
    他们真的都对这好消息充满了喜悦之情不已。
22. The bath is overflowing.
    浴盆的水溢出了。
23. Full to overflowing with emotion, he gave them the farewell speech.
    他感情洋溢地向他们作了告别演说。
24. The bedrooms have been converted to office space and her living room is overflowing with medical supplies and equipment.
    泰勒的卧房已经改成了办公室，客厅也堆满了医疗器械。
25. Eventually, the papers migrated into an overflowing drawer and, later, burned.
    最终，那些报纸被移动到一个满的溢出的抽屉，不久之后，焚烧了。
26. When I think of home I think of a place where there's love overflowing;
    当我想起家，我想起一个慈爱四溢的地方；
27. Your bath is overflowing.
    你澡盆里的水都溢出来了。
28. The emerging markets 'cup is full – but is it overflowing?
    新兴市场的杯子满了，但是溢出来了么？
29. We doubled over in laughter and it added to our already overflowing supply of Nesbitt stories.
    我们笑得前仰后合，我们已知道的关于内斯比特的许许多多故事中，又增加了一个新故事。
30. Our small house was already full to overflowing.
    我们的小房子已经挤得满满当当了。

adj

1. covered with water
   1. the main deck was afloat (or awash)
   2. the monsoon left the whole place awash
   3. a flooded bathroom
   4. inundated farmlands
   5. an overflowing tub

   Synonym:    afloat(p)awash(p)floodedinundated