overflow

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations verb: /ˌəʊvərˈfləʊ/, noun: /ˈəʊvərfləʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/v. ˌoʊvɚˈfloʊ; n. ˈoʊvɚˌfloʊ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(v. ō′vər flō; n. ōvər flō′)


Inflections of 'overflow' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
overflow
v 3rd person singular
overflowing
v pres p
overflowed
v past
overflowed
v past p
overflown
v past p (Dated)
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主要翻译
英语中文
overflow vi (liquid: spill out of)SCSimplified Chinese 满溢,溢出 mǎn yì,yì chū
TCTraditional Chinese 溢出
 The water in the sink overflowed and ran onto the floor.
 水槽中的水溢出来,流到地板上。
overflow vi (receptacle: be overfull with liquid)SCSimplified Chinese 溢出 yì chū
TCTraditional Chinese 溢出
  SCSimplified Chinese 漫出
 Jane left the tap running and the washbasin overflowed.
 简忘记关水龙头,水从洗手池中溢出来,流了一地。
overflow vi figurative (with people, cars) (比喻车、人等太多了)SCSimplified Chinese 容纳不下,外流 róng nà bú xià,wài liú
TCTraditional Chinese 外流
 The room was overflowing; people were spilling out into the corridors.
 人太多,房间里容纳不下了,就挤进走廊。
overflow n (of water, liquid)SCSimplified Chinese 横溢 héng yì
  SCSimplified Chinese 溢出 héng yì,yì chū
TCTraditional Chinese 溢出
 I poured too much milk into the jug and the overflow ran down the sides.
 我把牛奶倒太多,都溢出来了,顺着罐子往下流。
overflow,
overflow pipe
n
(outlet for excess liquid)SCSimplified Chinese 溢流管
  SCSimplified Chinese 溢流口
 If you overfill the sink, the excess water drains through the overflow.
 如果洗手池里盛太多的水,多余的水就会顺着溢流口流走。
overflow n figurative (excess amount)SCSimplified Chinese 泛滥 fàn làn
TCTraditional Chinese 泛濫
  (比喻)SCSimplified Chinese 溢出 fàn làn,yì chū
TCTraditional Chinese 溢出
 They need to build more roads; the overflow of traffic has to go somewhere.
 交通拥堵得太厉害了,需要修建一些新的道路。
  有所遗漏?报告错误或提出改进建议
其他翻译
英语中文
overflow n UK (dam: spillway, outlet) (水坝)SCSimplified Chinese 泄水口,出水口,排水闸 chū shuǐ kǒu
 The dam has a semicircular overflow.
overflow with [sth] vi + prep figurative (be full of [sth])SCSimplified Chinese 充满,满是 chōng mǎn,mǎn shì
TCTraditional Chinese 充滿
  SCSimplified Chinese 洋溢
 Jemima's heart was overflowing with joy.
overflow [sth] vtr (cause to spill over)SCSimplified Chinese 使溢出
  SCSimplified Chinese 使外流
 Tom overflowed the bathtub.
overflow [sth] vtr figurative (spill out of a space) (因空间有限)SCSimplified Chinese 挤出,挤满 jǐ chū,jǐ mǎn
 The crowd overflowed the auditorium.
  有所遗漏?报告错误或提出改进建议

Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:

overflow [əuvəˈfləu]
I vi
1 [sink, bath, jug] 满(滿)得溢出 mǎn de yìchū
[river] 泛(氾)滥(濫) fànlàn
2 [liquid] 溢出 yìchū
3 (fig) to be overflowing (with sth/sb) 挤(擠)满(滿)(某物/某人) jǐmǎn (mǒuwù/mǒurén)
4 (=become apparent)
[emotion] 爆发(發) bàofā
5 to overflow with sth [+ emotion] 满(滿)怀(懷)某事 mǎnhuái mǒushì
II n [c]
1 (=hole, pipe) 溢流口 yìliúkǒu
2 (=excess) 过(過)剩之物或人 guòshèng zhī wù huò rén
  • to be full to overflowing
    满(滿)得要溢出来(來) mǎn de yào yì chūlái
在这些条目还发现'overflow':
在英文解释里:
中文:
- - - 泛滥 - - 溢出 - 溢流

习惯性搭配: an overflow (safety) valve, overflow vulnerability, received an overflow error, 更多……

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