overwhelm
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əʊvə'welmˌəʊvə'welm]
- 美式音标 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈwelm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.打擊;壓倒;使感動;淹沒;打敗
词根记忆
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒,壓倒)→在…上壓倒→征服,制服
- over(在…上) + whelm(壓倒)→壓倒
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹沒,壓倒)→征服
- over(在…之上) + whelm(淹沒)→淹沒;壓倒
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒)→壓倒;淹沒
- over(在…上) + whelm(淹沒,壓倒)→淹沒;壓倒
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- overwhelming:壓倒性的;勢不可擋的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- overwhelmingly:壓倒性地;不可觝抗地。
- v性質的同根詞
- overwhelming:壓倒;淹沒(overwhelm的ing形式);制服。
用法辨析
- overwhelm的基本意思是“覆蓋”“淹沒”“泛濫”,其主語常指水; 引申則可表示“壓倒”“擊敗”,這時其主語常是人群。 overwhelm 還可表示某人“…之極”“非常激動”“使不知所措”。
- overwhelm是及物動詞,其後接名詞或代詞作賓語。
v. (動詞)
词组短语
- overwhelm quite 非常感激
- overwhelm by 以…壓倒
- overwhelm with 被……壓倒
- overwhelm majority 壓倒大多數
- overwhelm m 淹沒;壓倒;征服;推繙
- to overwhelm 壓倒
- overwhelm overwhelm 淹沒;壓倒
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
~+介詞
短語
英英字典
- (FORCE) to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
- (EMOTION) to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion
- (WATER) If water overwhelms a place, it covers it suddenly and completely.
- If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it.
- overwhelmed
- If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 壓倒
- 水泄不通