overrun

英 [ˌəʊvə'rʌn] 美 [ˌoʊvə'rʌn]

• v. 超越；侵占；泛滥；流行于
• n. 【C】超出量

英英释义

Noun:

1. too much production or more than expected

Verb:

1. invade in great numbers;

   "the roaches infested our kitchen"
   

2. occupy in large numbers or live on a host;

   "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
   

3. flow or run over (a limit or brim)

4. seize the position of and defeat;

   "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land"
   

5. run beyond or past;

   "The plane overran the runway"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The lecturer overran by ten minutes.
   演讲人超过规定时间十分钟。
2. This destroyer can overrun any submarine.
   这艘驱逐舰的速度比任何潜水艇都快。
3. The news programme overran the allotted time.
   新闻节目超出了规定的时间。
4. Enemy soldiers had overrun the island.
   敌军士兵侵占了该岛。
5. The streets were overrun by Hitler's bullies.
   那时希特勒的暴徒在街上横行霸道，无恶不作。
6. The plains were overrun by Tartar hordes.
   这些平原上散布着鞑靼人的游牧部落.
7. Presently the fields have been overrun by weeds.
   很快地里就长满了杂草。
8. The new fashion overran Europe.
   这种服装新款式在欧洲风行。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The university faced a cost overrun on account of miscalculation.
   该大学面临着因计算错误而导致大学经费超支的问题。

经典引文

• Mountains, dales, and plains I over-run.

  出自： W. Drummond

词汇搭配

• overrun clutch 超越离合器
• butter overrun table 奶油增重表
• control overrun 超限控制,控制越限...
• overrun brake 超速控制器
• butter overrun 奶油超量
• data overrun 数据过量运行...
• overrun coupling 超越联轴节
• overrun tester 膨胀率测定器...
• overrun the constable 负债

近反义词

【近义词】

• invade 侵略
• swarming 成群移动的
• infested 动词infest的过去式...
• teeming 充满的
• filled 充满的
• flooded 充满的，充斥的...
• choked 生气的
• attack 攻击
• assail 使苦恼，纠缠...
• assault 攻击
• besiege 围攻
• ravage 毁坏
• plunder 掠夺
• infest 侵扰
• spread 传播
• beset 包围
• flood 淹没
• exceed 超过
• abound 富于
• run over 复查
• brim over 溢出
• overproduction 生产过剩
• well over 多于
• overflow 泛滥