overflow with. weighing in on four head-to-head thematic pairings. reflected personal characteristics (“rizz” vs. “beige flag,” a characteristic suggesting a partner is boring),

 Last year, Oxford let the public vote on three finalists. (“Goblin mode” came out on top, because 2022.) This year, the public was invited to cut the shortlist list in half by weighing in on four head-to-head thematic pairings. (Some 30,000 people voted, Oxford said.) Oxford’s team then made the final selection.

One pairing, “Swiftie” vs. “de-influencing,” related to celebrity culture. Others reflected personal characteristics (“rizz” vs. “beige flag,” a characteristic suggesting a partner is boring), the changing world (“prompt” vs. “heat dome”) and relationships (“parasocial” vs. “situationship”).

去年，牛津讓民眾投票選出三名決賽入圍者。 （「妖精模式」名列前茅，因為 2022 年。）今年，公眾受邀透過對四個面對面的主題配對進行權衡，將入圍名單減少一半。 （牛津大學表示，約有 3 萬人投票。）牛津大學的團隊隨後做出了最終選擇。

一對「Swiftie」與「去影響力」與名人文化有關。 其他則反映了個人特徵（“rizz”與“米色旗幟”，這種特徵表明伴侶很無聊）、不斷變化的世界（“及時”與“熱穹”）和人際關係（“準社會”與“情境”） 。

CATHEDRAL is a remarkable collection that includes the canonical titular story about blindness and learning to enter the very different world of another. These twelve stories “overflow with the danger, excitement, mystery and possibility of life.”

—The Washington Post Book World

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verb

over·​flow ˌō-vər-ˈflō 

overflowed; overflowing; overflows

Synonyms of overflow

transitive verb

1

: to cover with or as if with water : INUNDATE

2

: to flow over the brim of

3

: to cause to overflow

intransitive verb

1

: to flow over bounds

2

: to fill a space to capacity and spread beyond its limits

the crowd overflowed into the street

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noun

over·​flow ˈō-vər-ˌflō 

1

: a flowing over : INUNDATION

2

: something that flows over : SURPLUS

3

: an outlet or receptacle for surplus liquid