| 释义 |
Adjective: overwhelming `owvur'welming- So strong as to be irresistible
"the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
- overpowering - Very intense
"overwhelming joy"
- consuming
Verb: overwhelm `owvur'welm- Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
- overpower, sweep over, whelm [archaic], overcome, overtake - Charge someone with too many tasks
- deluge, flood out - Cover completely or make imperceptible
- submerge, drown - Overcome by superior force
- overpower, overmaster
See also: intense, irresistible, resistless Type of: arouse, beat, beat out, burden, charge, cover, crush, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, saddle, shell, spread over, trounce, vanquish |