The verb is pronounced /ˌəʊvə'fləʊ/. The noun is pronounced /'əʊvəfləʊ/. 动词读作 /ˌəʊvə'fləʊ/。名词读作 /'əʊvəfləʊ/。
1 VERB [no passive] 漫出；溢出；泛滥 If a liquid or a river overflows, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in. 漫出；溢出；泛滥
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Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow. [VERB]
倒一些糖浆进去，但别全倒，因为可能会溢出来。
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Rivers and streams have overflowed their banks in countless places. [VERB noun]
在许多地方，河流与小溪都已经决堤。
2 VERB [usually cont] 充满；挤满；装满 If a place or container is overflowing with people or things, it is too full of them. 充满；挤满；装满
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The great hall was overflowing with people. [VERB + with]
大礼堂里挤满了人。
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Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing. [VERB]
监狱和临时拘留所里人满为患。
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He emptied a few overflowing ashtrays. [VERB-ing]
他将几只满满的烟灰缸倒干净。
3 VERB 洋溢着（情感）；（情感）溢于言表 If someone is overflowing with a feeling or if the feeling overflows, the person is experiencing it very strongly and shows this in their behaviour. 洋溢着（情感）；（情感）溢于言表
4 N-COUNT （过多而）容纳不下的人（或东西） The overflow is the extra people or things that something cannot contain or deal with because it is not large enough. （过多而）容纳不下的人（或东西）
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Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow.
医院旁搭起了帐篷以安置容纳不下的人员。
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The loch's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden.
溢出的湖水倾泻而下，形成了一座日式水景花园的瀑布。
SYN surplus, extra, excess, overspill
5 N-COUNT 溢流口；溢流管 An overflow is a hole or pipe through which liquid can flow out of a container when it gets too full. 溢流口；溢流管
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...the overflow pipe.
溢流管
6 PHRASE 将要溢出 If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in. 将要溢出
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