overrun

中文： 占领、泛滥、超出

1. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. (transitive)
2. To infest, swarm over, flow over. (transitive) · The cathedral square was overrun with tourists.· The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
3. To run past; to run beyond. (transitive) · The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.· One line overruns another in length.
4. To run past the end of. (transitive) · The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
5. To continue for too long. (intransitive) · The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
6. To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page. (transitive)
7. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. (transitive) · In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
8. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. (transitive)

He/she/it overruns · 过去式 overran · 过去分词 overrun · -ing形式 overrunning