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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[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.他的包里塞满了衣服。
- (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。
[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。
[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.化学品从他们的储存罐中溢出。

Word OriginOld English oferflōwan (see over-, flow).

noun

/ˈəʊvəfləʊ/

/ˈəʊvərfləʊ/

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[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
[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
(also overflow pipe)
[countable] a pipe that allows extra liquid to flow away safely when a container is full溢流管
[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