英语词汇“overwhelm”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	overwhelm
释义	over·whelm \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\|(h)welm, -eu̇m\ transitive verb Etymology: Middle English overwhelmen, from over (I) + whelmen to turn over — more at whelm 1. : overthrow, overturn, upset 2. a. : to cover over completely (as by a great wave) : overflow and bury beneath : engulf, submerge < all the rest has been overwhelmed by the desert — Alan Moorehead > b. : to overcome by great superiority of force or numbers : bring to ruin : destroy, overpower < overwhelmed by the air attack — Sir Winston Churchill > c. : to overpower in thought or feeling : subject to the grip of an overpowering emotion < overwhelmed by the death of his loving mother — John McCarten > < unbearable melancholy … threatened to overwhelm him — Christine Weston > 3. : to project over threateningly or dominatingly < his … face, overwhelmed by a monstrous hooked blade of a nose — E.L.Wallant > Synonyms: see overpower
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