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Английский Этимологический словарь - overwhelm

 
 

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Overwhelm

overwhelm
- early 14c., from M.E. whelmen "to turn upside down" (see whelm).
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  ~ v 1 »EMOTION« if someone is overwhelmed by an emotion, they feel it so strongly that they cannot think clearly  (He was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling of his insignificance. | Grief overwhelmed me.) 2 »SUPRISE SB« to surprise someone very much, so that they do not know how to react  (I was completely overwhelmed by his generosity.) 3 »DEFEAT SB« to defeat an army completely  (In 1532 the Spaniards finally overwhelmed the armies of Peru.) 4 »PROBLEM« if a problem overwhelms someone or something, it has such a great effect that nothing can be done to deal with it  (Decades of war and natural catastrophes had overwhelmed the city's finances.) 5 »WATER« literary if water overwhelms an area of land, it covers it completely and suddenly ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (overwhelms, overwhelming, overwhelmed) 1. If you are overwhelmed by a feeling or event, it affects you very strongly, and you do not know how to deal with it. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past... The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her. = overpower VERB: be V-ed, V n • overwhelmed Sightseers may be a little overwhelmed by the crowds and noise. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 2. If a group of people overwhelm a place or another group, they gain complete control or victory over them. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy. = overpower VERB: V n ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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   transitive verb  Etymology: Middle English, from 1over + whelmen to turn over, cover up  Date: 14th century  1. upset, overthrow  2.  a. to cover over completely ; submerge  b. to overcome by superior force or numbers  c. to overpower in thought or feeling ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  v.tr. 1 overpower with emotion. 2 (usu. foll. by with) overpower with an excess of business etc. 3 bring to sudden ruin or destruction; crush. 4 bury or drown beneath a huge mass, submerge utterly. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  1. преодолеть; подавить, разбить the emeny wereoverwhelmed by superior forces —- войска противника были смяты превосходящими силами 2. погубить, разорить 3. овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве) to be overwhelmed by grief —- быть охваченным горем to be overwhelmed with gratitude —- быть переполненным благодарностью 4. потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать his kindness quite overwhelmed me —- его доброта меня просто ошеломила they were overwhelmed at the news —- новости потрясли их 5. заливать; затоплять the village was overwhelmed when the floods came —- во время паводка деревню затопило a great wave overwhelmed the boat —- огромная волна накрыла лодку 6. заваливать; засыпать Pompeii was overwhelmed by dust and ashes —- город Помпеи был погребен под вулканической пылью и пеплом 7. засыпать, заваливать (работой) 8. забрасывать; осыпать (вопросами) he overwhelmed her with a profusion of compliment —- он осыпал ее кмплиментами ...
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  v.  1) заваливать  2) заливать, затоплять  3) забрасывать (вопросами и т.п.)  4) подавлять; сокрушать, разбивать (неприятеля)  5) овладевать, переполнять (о чувстве и т.п.) (with)  6) потрясать, ошеломлять, поражать; his kindness quite overwhelmed me - его доброта меня просто поразила  7) губить, разорять Syn: see flood ...
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