overgrown
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If a garden or other place is overgrown, it is covered with a lot of unruly plants because it has not been cared for. (無人照料而野草) 漫生的
We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds. 我們一路急行，直到來到一個雜草叢生的庭院。
2. ADJ If you describe an adult as an overgrown child, you mean that their behaviour and attitudes are like those of a child, and that you dislike this. 長得過大的[ADJ n] [表不滿]
...a bunch of overgrown kids. …一幫大孩子。
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劍橋詞典
overgrown adjective (COVERED)
covered with plants that are growing thickly and in an uncontrolled way
草木叢生的；枝繁葉茂的；（植物）蔓生的
The field is overgrown with weeds . 這片地里雜草叢生。
overgrown adjective (TOO LARGE)
disapprovingused to describe something that has grown too large
長得太大的
Cottonwood has become an overgrown town with inadequate facilities . 科頓伍德已經(jīng)成了一個人口過多設施不足的鎮(zhèn)子。
disapproving, disapproving
used to describe an adult who behaves like a child
成年人行為舉止像兒童一樣的
They're acting like overgrown kids . 他們表現(xiàn)得就像是一群大孩子一樣。
UK Jim is just an overgrown schoolboy . 吉姆不過是個大孩子。 返回 overgrown