- overflow (v.)
[overflow 词源字典]
- Old English oferfleow "to flow across, flood, inundate," also "to flow over (a brim or bank);" see over- + flow (v.). Related: Overflowed; overflowing.[overflow etymology, overflow origin, 英语词源]
- overflow (n.)
- 1580s, "act of overflowing," from overflow (v.).