Word · Frequency #14984
overcrowd
使过度拥挤
to fill beyond reasonable limits with people, animals, objects, or information
- 1.
To fill beyond reasonable limits, with people, animals, objects or information.
超出合理限度地填满人、动物、物品或信息
超出合理限度地填满人、动物、物品或信息；容纳过多的人
In use
The small classroom was overcrowded with students, leaving no space to move.
We should not overcrowd the bus during peak hours for safety reasons.
The shelter is overcrowding because of the sudden influx of refugees.
overcrowd + sth
The event overcrowded the small venue.
这场活动使小场地过度拥挤。
be overcrowded
The train was overcrowded during rush hour.
高峰时段火车过度拥挤。
overcrowding + noun
Overcrowding conditions led to safety issues.
过度拥挤的状况导致了安全问题。
overcrowded + noun
The overcrowded classroom had no empty seats.
过度拥挤的教室没有空座位。
Verb forms
base overcrowd · third person overcrowds · -ing overcrowding · past overcrowded · past participle overcrowded
及物动词，规则变化
Common mistakes
The train is overcrowd.The train is overcrowded.
overcrowd是动词，表示状态需用过去分词形式overcrowded作形容词，而非动词原形。
Many people overcrowded in the room.Many people overcrowded the room.
overcrowd是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需介词in。
Connections
Collocations
- overcrowded prison
- 拥挤不堪的监狱
- The overcrowded prison has become a serious human rights problem.这座拥挤不堪的监狱已成为一个严重的人权问题。
- overcrowded city
- 过度拥挤的城市
- Many people are leaving the overcrowded city for the countryside.许多人正离开过度拥挤的城市前往乡村。
- overcrowded classroom
- 拥挤的教室
- Teachers in overcrowded classrooms can hardly give each student enough attention.在拥挤的教室里，老师几乎无法给予每个学生足够的关注。
- overcrowded train
- 拥挤不堪的火车
- I had to stand for two hours on the overcrowded train.我不得不在拥挤不堪的火车上站了两个小时。
- severely overcrowded
- 严重拥挤的
- The emergency room is severely overcrowded tonight.今晚急诊室严重拥挤。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
over（超过）+ crowd（人群）→ 人太多，把地方挤爆了。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：城市住房、公共交通、公共场所 overcrowd 通常用于书面语和新闻报道，多用来描述空间、设施或系统超出合理容量；日常口语中更常用 overcrowded 形式，如 The train was overcrowded。使用时语气比较中性，略偏正式。
Grammar Note
及物动词，后接宾语，意为“使过度拥挤”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
crowd、loud、cloud、proud、aloud、shroud 都与 overcrowd 押韵，读作 /aʊd/。注意拼写：crowd 用 -owd，而 loud、cloud、proud、aloud、shroud 用 -oud。不要因为拼写把 crowd 中的 ow 读成 /əʊ/（如 crow /krəʊ/ 中的 ow），overcrowd 中的 ow 发 /aʊ/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.