Word · Frequency #14984
overcrowd
使过度拥挤
核心释义
to fill beyond reasonable limits with people, animals, objects, or information
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超出合理限度地填满人、动物、物品或信息
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;容纳过多的人
用法In use
The small classroom was overcrowded with students, leaving no space to move.
用法提示:overcrowded 是过去分词,用作被动语态,表示教室被过度拥挤。
We should not overcrowd the bus during peak hours for safety reasons.
用法提示:overcrowd 是动词原形,用于情态动词后,表示不要使过度拥挤。
The shelter is overcrowding because of the sudden influx of refugees.
用法提示:overcrowding 是现在分词,用作进行时态,表示正在变得过度拥挤。
overcrowd + sth
The event overcrowded the small venue.
这场活动使小场地过度拥挤。
be overcrowded
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
over(超过)+ crowd(人群)→ 人太多,把地方挤爆了。
语境与语域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。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词,后接宾语,意为“使过度拥挤”。
发音与拼写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/。
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