overflow

1. V-T/V-I If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in. 溢出; 漫出[no passive]

Pour in some of the broth, but not all of it, because it will probably overflow. 倒入部分肉湯，不要全部，因爲(wèi)很可能會(huì)溢出來。

The rivers overflowed their banks. 那些河裡的水漫過了河岸。

2. V-I If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them. 擠滿[usu cont]

Schreiber addressed an auditorium overflowing with journalists. 施賴伯曏擠滿了新聞?dòng)浾叩挠^衆(zhòng)蓆致辤。

3. N-COUNT The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough. (因空間所限) 無(wú)法容納或安頓下的人或物

4. PHRASE If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in. 滿滿地

The kitchen garden was full to overflowing with fresh vegetables. 菜園裡長(zhǎng)滿了新鮮的蔬菜。