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overstock

/verb oh-ver-stok; noun oh-ver-stok/US // verb ˌoʊ vərˈstɒk; noun ˈoʊ vərˌstɒk //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈstɒk) //

积压,超市,积压品,积压式

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stock that is larger than the actual need or demand.

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Examples

  • Some people think it possible to overstock a district with bees; but we do not think it ever has occurred in Great Britain.

  • You see there was no overstock of modesty among us, more than there is among most healthy boys.

  • If you overstock your garden, it will give you many pangs to see how the plants in it suffer from the effect of crowding.

  • At times, such is the overstock of importations, that goods are sold at lower prices in Valparaiso than in Europe.

  • Not until he had accumulated an overstock of bridge-iron did he think of using iron for the frames of buildings.