overgrown
英 [??v?'gr??n; '??v?gr??n]
美[,ov?'ɡron]
- adj. 蔓生的；生長過快的
- v. 生長過度（overgrow的過去分詞）
TEM4低頻詞
助記提示
1. over- "above normal" + grown.
中文詞源
overgrown 雜草瘋長的
over-,超過，過度，grown,生長的。引申詞義雜草瘋長的。
英文詞源
- overgrown (adj.)
- late 14c., "covered with growth," past participle adjective from overgrow "overspread with foliage" (Old English ofergrowan); see over- + grown, and compare Old English verb ofergrowan "to overgrow." Meaning "having grown too large" is attested from late 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden.
- 取出設備后，我帶著李在花草蔓生的花園里轉了一圈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Much of the track had become overgrown with hawthorn.
- 小路上很多地方都長滿了山楂樹。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.
- 我們匆匆往前走，來到一個野草叢生的院子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Daphne Farlow, at forty-five, still looked and spoke like an overgrown schoolgirl.
- 45歲的達芙妮·法洛外貌言談都還像個稚氣未脫的小女生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
- 鏟子插入了一叢長勢旺盛的灌木叢。
來自柯林斯例句