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overflow

verb
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overflow
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊ/
he / she / it overflows
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊz/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊz/
past simple overflowed
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊd/
past participle overflowed
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊd/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊd/
-ing form overflowing
🔊/ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈfləʊɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to be so full that the contents go over the sides漫出；溢出
    • The bath is overflowing!浴盆溢水了！
    • overflow with something Plates overflowed with party food.聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。🔊🔊
    • His bag was overflowing with clothes.他的书包里满是衣服。
    • (figurative) Her heart overflowed with love.她的心里充满了爱。🔊🔊
    • overflow something The river overflowed its banks.河水涨出了堤岸。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] overflow (with something) (of a place地方) to have too many people in it挤满了人
    • The streets were overflowing with the crowds.街上到处挤满了人。🔊🔊
    • The hospitals are filled to overflowing (= with patients).医院都人满为患。🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive, transitive] overflow (into something) | overflow (something) to spread beyond the limits of a place or container that is too full扩展出界；过度延伸
    • The meeting overflowed into the street.集会的人群延伸到了大街上。🔊🔊
    • The chemicals overflowed from their storage tank.化学药品从储罐溢出。
    4. Word OriginOld English oferflōwan (see over-, flow).

overflow

noun
🔊/ˈəʊvəfləʊ/
🔊/ˈəʊvərfləʊ/
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  1. [uncountable, singular] a number of people or things that do not fit into the space available容纳不下的人（或物）
    • A new office block was built to accommodate the overflow of staff.新建了一座办公大楼以便容纳多出的员工。🔊🔊
    • an overflow car park备用停车场
  2. [uncountable, singular] the action of liquid flowing out of a container, etc. that is already full; the liquid that flows out溢出；漫出；溢出的液体
    • an overflow of water from the lake漫出的湖水
    • (figurative) an overflow of powerful emotions横流的激情
  3. (also overflow pipe)
     [countable] a pipe that allows extra liquid to flow away safely when a container is full 溢流管
  4. [countable, usually singular] (computing计算机) a fault that happens because a number or data item is too large for the computer to represent it exactly溢出，溢流（运算产生的数值位数或字的长度等超过存储单元的长度）Topics Computersc2
    5. Word OriginOld English oferflōwan (see over-, flow).