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单词 overflowing
释义 overflowing
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, alteration (influenced by -inge, -ing, n. suffix, -ing) of overflowende, from Old English oferflōwende, from present participle of oferflōwan to overflow
1.
 a. : flowing over the brim : filled too full
  < raised to his lips the overflowing cup >
 b. : superabundant
  < an … expanding outlet for the overflowing rural population — V.G.Childe >
2. : ebullient, exuberant
 < breathed with overflowing life — E.K.Brown >
 < the same overflowing vitality — Louis Bromfield >
over·flow·ing·ly adverb
over·flow·ing·ness noun
II. noun
Etymology: from gerund of overflow (I)
1. : a condition where overflow takes place
 < full to overflowing >
2.
 a. : something that flows over : excess, superfluity
 b. : overflowing or exuberant feeling or thought : ebullition — usually used in plural
  < the overflowings of his full mind — T.B.Macaulay >
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