overcrowded

英 [ˌəʊvəˈkraʊdɪd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈkraʊdɪd]

adj.  过于拥挤的
v.  使过度拥挤；把…塞得太满
overcrowd的过去分词和过去式

Collins.1 / BNC.11101 / COCA.13141

牛津词典

adj.

• 过于拥挤的
  with too many people or things in it
  1. overcrowded cities/prisons
     拥挤不堪的城市 / 监狱
  2. Too many poor people are living in overcrowded conditions .
     有太多的贫民生活在十分拥挤的条件下。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （地方）过度拥挤的
  Anovercrowdedplace has too many things or people in it.
  1. ...one of the most overcrowded prisons in the country.
     该国最拥挤的监狱之一
  2. ...a windswept, overcrowded, unattractive beach...
     受大风吹袭、人满为患又毫无景色可言的海滩
  3. Morocco's capital, until independence, was badly overcrowded.
     摩洛哥的首都在独立前一直都拥挤不堪。

双语例句

• Many airline passengers face lengthy delays because of overcrowded airports.
  许多航空公司的乘客都由于航空港拥挤而被耽搁很长时间。
• Venezuela's overcrowded prisons have been the scene of repeated uprisings and gang violence.
  委内瑞拉监狱已经人满为患，滋生诸多反叛和帮派暴力事件。
• Meanwhile, the overcrowded China market is already welcoming discount malls.
  与此同时，过度拥挤的中国市场已经对折扣商城敞开了怀抱。
• In developing countries, people are pouring into overcrowded cities in great numbers.
  在发展中国家，大量人口涌向了人满为患的城市。
• Allowing couples to have more than one child will increase the danger of overpopulation in our society that is already crowded and is becoming increasingly overcrowded.
  允许一对夫妇生一个以上的孩子会增加人口过剩的危险，使我们这个已经很拥挤的社会更拥挤，而且会越来越过度地拥挤。
• Shops are very overcrowded before Christmas.
  商店在圣诞节前非常拥挤。
• Disease is rampant in the overcrowded city.
  在这座过于拥挤的城市中，疾病猖獗。
• They must remain in slums or live with relatives, often in overcrowded conditions.
  他们只有留在贫民住房区，或者寄居在亲戚家而又往往拥挤不堪。
• He argued that the overcrowded cities were the product of a system based on 'selfishness' and 'rapacity'.
  他认为，过于拥挤的城市是一个建立在“自私”和“贪婪”基础上的体系的产物。
• Stop struggling to read overcrowded Web pages on the iPhone's small screen.
  别在iPhone狭小的屏幕上艰难阅读拥挤不堪的网页了。