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overgrown

英 [əʊvə'grəʊn; 'əʊvəgrəʊn] 美 [,ovɚ'ɡron]

解释

adj. 蔓生的；生长过快的
v. 生长过度（overgrow的过去分词）

※ 提供单词"overgrown"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

overgrown 杂草疯长的

over-,超过，过度，grown,生长的。引申词义杂草疯长的。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden.: 取出设备后，我带着李在花草蔓生的花园里转了一圈。

2. Much of the track had become overgrown with hawthorn.: 小路上很多地方都长满了山楂树。

3. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.: 我们匆匆往前走，来到一个野草丛生的院子。

4. Daphne Farlow, at forty-five, still looked and spoke like an overgrown schoolgirl.: 45岁的达芙妮·法洛外貌言谈都还像个稚气未脱的小女生。

5. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.: 铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。