overgrown

overgrown

英 [əʊvə'grəʊn; 'əʊvəgrəʊn]
　　美 [,ovɚ'ɡron]

adj. 蔓生的；生長過快的
　　v. 生長過度（overgrow的過去分詞）

中文詞源：

overgrown 雜草瘋長的

over-,超過，過度，grown,生長的。引申詞義雜草瘋長的。

例句：

1. As the equipment was unpacked, I led Lee around the overgrown garden.
取出設備後，我帶著李在花草蔓生的花園裡轉瞭一圈。

2. Much of the track had become overgrown with hawthorn.
小路上很多地方都長滿瞭山楂樹。

3. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.
我們匆匆往前走，來到一個野草叢生的院子。

4. Daphne Farlow, at forty-five, still looked and spoke like an overgrown schoolgirl.
45歲的達芙妮·法洛外貌言談都還像個稚氣未脫的小女生。

5. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
鏟子插入瞭一叢長勢旺盛的灌木叢。