overflow

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·flow1 /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  1  FULLif a river, lake, or container overflows, it is so full that the liquid or material inside flows over its edges 从…溢出；泛滥 The drains flooded and water overflowed down the main street. 下水道被淹，水溢到了大街上。 The river had overflowed its banks. 河水漫堤了。overflow with waste bins overflowing with plastic cups 塞满塑料杯的垃圾箱2  to have a lot of something 满是，有许多overflow with The garden overflows with colour. 花园里色彩缤纷。 He was overflowing with good ideas. 他有满脑子的好主意。3  FULLif a place overflows with people or people overflow into a place, there are too many of them to fit into it 〔人多得〕挤满，挤不下overflow with Hospitals were reported to be overflowing with dead and wounded. 据报道，医院里到处是死伤者。overflow into The house was full and people were overflowing into the street. 房子已经挤满了，人们排到了大街上。4  STRONG FEELING OR BELIEFto have a very strong feeling 充满〔强烈的感情〕overflow with My heart was overflowing with gratitude. 我心里充满了感激之情。5  be filled to overflowing (with something) to be completely full 满是，全都是(某物) One wall was filled to overflowing with books. 一面墙上摆满了书。→ See Verb table

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overflow• Within minutes of checking in to my room, the toilet overflowed.• Turn off the water so the sink doesn't overflow.• The hospitals are full to overflowing...• Reservoirs overflowed, and saturated levees continued to break in the San Joaquin Valley.• It is called a synonym, and will overflow from its natural home address because that is already full.• If we drill a borehole into the aquifer the groundwater will be under sufficient pressure to overflow from the borehole.• Shoal Creek overflowed its banks Friday.• The ashtray in front of him overflowed on to the counter.• Cream overflowed the edges of the shallow dish, another little twist of frightening confusion.• There were over 30 reporters, overflowing their allotted space in the courtroomoverflow with• The trash can overflowed with beer bottles.• The hospitals are overflowing with victims of the hurricane.

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o·ver·flow2 /ˈəʊvəfləʊ $ ˈoʊvərfloʊ/ noun  1  [singular]FULL the amount of something or the number of people that cannot be contained in a place because it is already full 容纳不下的东西[人]；溢出物；超出的数额 The overflow will be accommodated in another hotel. 接纳不了的人将被安排下榻另一家宾馆。overflow of the overflow of water from the lake 从湖里外溢的水2. [countable]TBDH a pipe through which water flows out of a container when it becomes too full 排水管；溢流道

Examples from the Corpus

overflow• Riverside General had been built as an overflow hospital for Tewkesbury and Gloucester and surrounding areas.• Instead, home records are located using the bucket index and overflow records via the home bucket and a tag.• McDonnell and Montgomery found that higher overflow percentages than 10-25 percent led to increased retrieval times for all block sizes.• A temporary parking lot will be provided to handle the overflow.• Forman took his seat in front of the overflow crowd of 300 expecting, and certainly prepared for, a going over.• Within the last year, two new restaurants dedicated to the early morning meal have opened to accommodate some of the overflow.overflow of• an overflow of students

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o‧ver‧flow¹ /ˌəʊvəˈfləʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈfloʊ/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1. if a river, lake, or container overflows, it is so full that the liquid or material inside flows over its edges:
    The drains flooded and water overflowed down the main street.
    The river had overflowed its banks.
    overflow with
    waste bins overflowing with plastic cups
2. to have a lot of something
    overflow with
    The garden overflows with colour.
    He was overflowing with good ideas.
3. if a place overflows with people or people overflow into a place, there are too many of them to fit into it
    overflow with
    Hospitals were reported to be overflowing with dead and wounded.
    overflow into
    The house was full and people were overflowing into the street.
4. to have a very strong feeling
    overflow with
    My heart was overflowing with gratitude.
5. be filled to overflowing (with something) to be completely full:
    One wall was filled to overflowing with books.

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o‧ver‧flow² /ˈəʊvəfləʊ $ ˈoʊvərfloʊ/ noun
1. [singular] the amount of something or the number of people that cannot be contained in a place because it is already full:
    The overflow will be accommodated in another hotel.
    overflow of
    the overflow of water from the lake
2. [countable] a pipe through which water flows out of a container when it becomes too full