Overflowing

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overflow

(n.) An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness.

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• Some miles from New Carthage the levee to Bayou Vidal was broken in several places, overflowing the roads for the distance of two miles. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• After this the remaining pap of plaster of Paris is added until the frame is full to overflowing. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Let us not for a moment forget our object and our hope; and they will form a resistless mound to stop the overflowing of our regret for trifles. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And I was that nearest person--brimful of comfort, charged to overflowing with seasonable and reviving words. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• There were our Mohammedan servants, a Latin monk, two Armenians and a Jew in our cortege, and all alike gazed with overflowing eyes. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I took my aunt in my arms--my overflowing tenderness was not to be satisfied, now, with anything less than an embrace. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Never was such wringing of hands and such overflowing of eyes, since the days of St Niobe, of whom Prior Aymer told us. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The penitential den once set apart for interviews with the House, was now the news-Exchange, and was filled to overflowing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I observed the speechless panic, the cups shaking in the little hand, and the overflowing teapot filled too full from the urn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels were overflowing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• All that she could spare of overflowing love from her parents' memory, and attention to her living relatives, was spent upon religion. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But that man never could come within the influence of a subject in the least pathetic without overflowing his banks. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His wit was not more conspicuous than the overflowing goodness of his heart, which he poured in such full measure on his friends, as to leave, alas! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• On this occasion it had been raining heavily, and, when the creek was reached, I found the banks full to overflowing, and the current rapid. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But the overflowing misery I now felt, and the excess of agitation that I endured, rendered me incapable of any exertion. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The flame soon spreads from the wick to the overflowing oil and in consequence the lamp blazes and an explosion may result. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• What happiness is so true and unclouded, as the overflowing and talkative delight of young people. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The subterraneous waters may occasion earthquakes by their overflowing, cutting out new courses, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Of the lady's sensations they remained a little in doubt; but that the gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Her heart was overflowing with tenderness, but it still foreboded evil. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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