overflowing
溢流; 漫溢; 過流
O·ver·flow v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overflowed p. pr. & vb. n. Overflowing.]
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.
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.
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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]