| 单词 | overwhelm |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['əuvə'welm] |
| 解释 | v.泛滥；压倒 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 泛滥(to pour down upon)；压倒(crush; overpower) 【考】 usurp : take / overwhelm : defeat(篡夺是强行获取/压 倒性胜利是强力打败) 【记】 over (在…之上)+whelm(淹 没，压倒) 【例】 be overwhelmed with excitement / Emotions overwhelmed the actor when he won an award. |
| 字源 | overwhelm (v.) early 14c., "to turn upside down, to overthrow," from over- + Middle English whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm). Meaning "to submerge completely" is mid-15c. Perhaps the connecting notion is a boat, etc., washed over, and overset, by a big wave. Figurative sense of "to bring to ruin" is attested from 1520s. Related: Overwhelmed; overwhelming; overwhelmingly. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】over + whelm 音：淹没 |
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