| 单词 | full to overflowing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull (also to fill) to overflowing b. full (also to fill) to overflowing: (to fill) more than full, so as to overflow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > more than full or heaped upheapedc1380 heaped1530 heap-full1530 full (also to fill) to overflowing1797 stacked1908 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to overflowing pilea1450 crown1595 swell1602 sphere1608 overflow1650 full (also to fill) to overflowing1797 1797 T. Holcroft Adventures Hugh Trevor VI. xv. 188 The tide of joy was full to overflowing! 1830 C. M. Sedgwick Clarence II. x. 174 Gertrude and Roscoe proceeded to the chapel, which they found filled to overflowing. 1879 R. A. Sterndale Afghan Knife II. vii. 69 In the meantime fugitives kept pouring into the house, which was full to overflowing. 1920 H. M. Pim Short Hist. Celtic Philos. v. 62 They might have produced a Tartarus, and filled it to overflowing. 1961 Washington Post 1 June a24 The jails were filled to overflowing with political prisoners who had incurred his displeasure. < as lemmas |
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