overgrown是什么意思？

overgrown

英[ˌəʊvəˈgrəʊn] 美[ˌoʊvərˈgroʊn]

• adj. 长得很快的，杂草丛生的；
• v. 长满，长得超过，长得过大( overgrow的过去分词)；

例句

• When I came back from my long vacation, I found my garden overgrown. 当度完长假归来时, 我发现我的花园里杂草丛生。
• It was damp and smelly and overgrown with thorns and briars. 那里很潮湿和臭,长满了多刺的植物和荆棘.
• The old lane that used to connect Elm Street to riverbanks was overgrown. 从前连接榆树街和河岸的那条小道已经长满了草木.
• This bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard. 那蔓草丛生的凄凉地方是教堂公墓.
• The river banks were overgrown with reed. 河岸长满了芦苇.
• Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year. 过于繁茂的落叶灌木可以在每年的这个时候修剪.
• The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes. 铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
• 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。
• ...a bunch of overgrown kids... 一帮大孩子
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  杂草丛生的；植被蔓生的
  If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of untidy plants because it has not been looked after.
  例句
  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。 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。
• ADJ
  （成年人）不成熟的，孩子气的
  If you describe an adult as an overgrown child, you mean that their behaviour and attitudes are like those of a child, and that you dislike this.
  例句
  ...a bunch of overgrown kids... 一帮大孩子 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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  杂草丛生
  When I came back from my long vacation, I found my garden overgrown. 当度完长假归来时, 我发现我的花园里杂草丛生。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. covered with growing plants
  2. abounding in usually unwanted vegetation