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overwhelmed 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌōvərˈ(h)welm/,
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overwhelms, 3rd person singular present; overwhelming, present participle; overwhelmed, past tense; overwhelmed, past participle;
  1. Bury or drown beneath a huge mass
    • - the water flowed through to overwhelm the whole dam and the village beneath
  2. Defeat completely
    • - his teams overwhelmed their opponents
  3. Give too much of a thing to (someone); inundate
    • - they were overwhelmed by farewell messages
  4. Have a strong emotional effect on
    • - I was overwhelmed with guilt
  5. Be too strong for; overpower
    • - the wine doesn't overwhelm the flavor of the trout
  1. (overwhelm) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  2. (overwhelm) charge someone with too many tasks
  3. (overwhelm) submerge: cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
  4. (overwhelm) overpower: overcome by superior force
  5. (overwhelming) overpowering: so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"
  6. (overwhelming) consuming: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"
  7. Overwhelmed is the fourth album in the Worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church.
  8. (overwhelmedness) The quality of being overwhelmed
  9. (Overwhelm) A major piece (usually an elephant) is said to be overwhelmed if a group of weaker enemy pieces work together such that it is not able to trap any of them.
  10. (Overwhelming) difficult to fight against. Very great or very large.
  11. Capsized or foundered.
  12. feeling as though there is too much to do or remember