Word · Frequency #18577
overgrowing
长得太大；长得过大
overgrowing is the present participle of overgrow.
核心释义
grow too large
- 1.
生长超出边界或容器,或超过适当大小。
To grow beyond one's boundaries or containment, or beyond the proper size.
- 2.
生长覆盖；使(某物)被(另一物)长满。
To grow over; (of one thing) to cause (a second thing) to become overgrown (with or by the first thing).
杂草丛生；长满杂草；蔓延覆盖；在…上长满；生长超出边界或容器,或超过适当大小。；生长覆盖；使(某物)被(另一物)长满。；在...上长满
用法In use
The ivy has overgrown the entire wall, hiding the old bricks.
用法提示：此处 overgrow 为及物动词，过去分词 overgrown，表示“长满、覆盖”。
In just one summer, the weeds overgrew the path so completely that we could not find it.
用法提示：overgrew 是 overgrow 的过去式，及物动词，表示“长满、遮掩”。
If we don't cut the bushes regularly, they will overgrow the front gate.
用法提示：overgrow 为及物动词，后接宾语 front gate，表示“蔓延覆盖”。
overgrow sth
及物用法可表示“在…上长满”，也可表示“长得太大而不适合…”。
Roses have overgrown the old wall.
蔷薇长满了那堵旧墙。
be overgrown with sth
被动式常用，强调某物被植物覆盖。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- be overgrown with
- 长满（草、植物等）
- The abandoned garden is overgrown with weeds.那座废弃的花园长满了杂草。
- become overgrown
- 变得杂草丛生
- The playground became overgrown after it closed.操场关闭后变得杂草丛生。
- overgrow the path
- 长满小路；使小路杂草丛生
- The shrubs have overgrown the path.灌木丛已长满了小路。
- overgrow its bounds
- 长得超出界限；蔓延到界限之外
- The bamboo overgrew its bounds and invaded the neighbor's yard.竹子长得超出了界限，侵入了邻居的院子。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 overgrow 拆成 over(超过)+grow(生长)：野草长得太过头，把路都盖住了。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing vegetation covering surfaces、describing someone or something too large for a space/garment 这里指及物用法（vt），多用于书面或叙事语境，如描写植物长满覆盖某物，或指人长得太大不再适合原有东西；口语中更常说 be overgrown with 或 grow too big。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 overgrow 的 -grow 部分押韵：grow, throw, flow, slow, know, though（都读 /əʊ/）。注意拼写以 -ow 结尾的 now /naʊ/ 和 how /haʊ/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
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