overswellとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

over- +‎ swell

発音

• Verb senses:
  • (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əʊvəˈswɛl/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈswɛl/
  • 韻: -ɛl
• Noun senses:
  • (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊvəswɛl/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌswɛl/

動詞

overswell (三人称単数 現在形 overswells, 現在分詞 overswelling, 過去形および過去分詞形 overswelled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).

   Synonyms: overflow, spill over

   In some years the river overswells its banks, causing widespread flooding.

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     Let floods o’erswell, and fiends for food howl on!

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:

     Fill, Lucius, till the wine o’erswell the cup;