1. | [i][t] 漫出；溢出to be so full that the contents go over the sides |
The bath is overflowing! 浴盆溢水了！ | |
Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。 | |
Her heart overflowed with love. 她的心里充满了爱。 | |
The river overflowed its banks. 河水涨出了堤岸。 |
2. | [i] ~ (with sth) 挤满了人to have too many people in it |
The streets were overflowing with the crowds. 街上到处挤满了人群。 | |
The hospitals are filled to overflowing(= with patients) . 医院都人满为患。 |
3. | [i][t] ~ (into sth).~ (sth) 扩展出界；过度延伸to spread beyond the limits of a place or container that is too full |
The meeting overflowed into the street. 集会的人群延伸到了大街上。 |
1. | [u][sing] 容纳不下的人（或物）a number of people or things that do not fit into the space available |
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. | [u][sing] 溢出；漫出；溢出的液体the action of liquid flowing out of a container, etc. that is already full; the liquid that flows out |
an overflow of water from the lake 漫出的湖水 | |
an overflow of powerful emotions 横流的激情 |
3. | [c] 溢流管a pipe that allows extra liquid to escape |
4. | [c][ususing] 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）a fault that happens because a number or data item (for example, the result of a calculation) is too large for the computer to represent it exactly |
