英语词汇overwhelm的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	overwhelm
词源	overwhelm. Overwhelm means essentially the same thing as whelm, “to be completely overcome by something,” but over- whelm is a more emphatic term. Whelm has its roots in the Mid- dle English whelven, meaning to capsize or turn a vessel upside down. The English whelm was first recorded in the 13th century and soon took on the sense of turning a vessel upside down “so as to cover it” with water, which led to its modern meaning.
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