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溢流; 漫溢; 过流

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overflowing \O`ver*flow"ing\, n.
   An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

         He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full
         mind on anybody who would start a subject. --Macaulay.

Overflow \O`ver*flow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overflowed}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Overflowing}.] [AS. oferfl?wan. See {Over}, and
   {Flow}.]
   1. To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other
      fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

            The northern nations overflowed all Christendom.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To flow over the brim of; to fill more than full.

资料来源 : WordNet®

overflowing
     adj 1: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: {flooding},
             {in flood(p)}, {swollen}]
     2: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
        "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
        bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
        [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {flooded}, {inundated}]