The drains flooded and water overflowed down the main street.
下水道被淹,水溢到了大街上。
The river had overflowed its banks.
河水漫堤了。
overflow with
waste bins overflowing with plastic cups
塞满塑料杯的垃圾箱
2to have a lot of something 满是,有许多
overflow with
The garden overflows with colour.
花园里色彩缤纷。
He was overflowing with good ideas.
他有满脑子的好主意。
3FULLif a place overflows with people or people overflow into a place, there are too many of them to fit into it 〔人多得〕挤满,挤不下
overflow with
Hospitals were reported to be overflowing with dead and wounded.
据报道,医院里到处是死伤者。
overflow into
The house was full and people were overflowing into the street.
房子已经挤满了,人们排到了大街上。
4STRONG FEELING OR BELIEFto have a very strong feeling 充满〔强烈的感情〕
overflow with
My heart was overflowing with gratitude.
我心里充满了感激之情。
5be filled to overflowing (with something)to be completely full 满是,全都是(某物)
One wall was filled to overflowing with books.
一面墙上摆满了书。
Examples from the Corpus
be filled to overflowing (with something)• For the moneyed and the merely curious, stalls and kioskswere filled to overflowing.• For the remainder of that summer churches were filled to overflowing and numerousconversions took place.