overstock
overstock — 動詞
- overstockpresent simple I / you / we / they
- overstockshe / she / it
- overstockedpast simple
- overstocking-ing form
1. to buy, make, or keep more goods than a shop or other business needs or can sell
囤太多貨
庫存多到超過需要或銷量
to buy, make, or keep more goods than a shop or other business needs or can sell
The toy shop overstocked puzzles before the summer tourists arrived.
那家玩具店在暑假觀光客來之前，進了太多拼圖。
transitive: overstock + product
Last winter, the farm store overstocked on salt and shovels.
去年冬天，那家農用品店在鹽和鏟子上囤太多貨。
intransitive: overstock on + supplies
The chain overstocked its small stores with red holiday sweaters.
那家連鎖店替旗下的小店進了太多紅色節日毛衣。
pattern: overstock a store with goods
By April, many shops were overstocked with thick wool coats.
到四月時，很多商店都囤了太多厚羊毛大衣。
passive: be overstocked with + goods
Nina warned the bakery not to overstock cream cakes on Monday.
Nina 提醒那家麵包店，星期一別把奶油蛋糕囤太多貨。
- overstock shelves
- overstock stores
- overstock on winter supplies
- be overstocked with coats
- overstock holiday goods
- overbuy
broader and can describe any buyer, not only a business keeping stock
- overorder
focuses on ordering too much, especially at the purchasing stage
- oversupply
often means giving too much to a market, place, or person
- stockpile
can be intentional preparation and does not always mean there is too much
- understock
means to keep too little stock
文法句型
overstock + product
overstock a store with + goods
be overstocked with + goods
overstock on + supplies
用法筆記
Often used about stores, warehouses, or buyers managing inventory. In transitive use, the object may be the goods or the place filled with them; intransitive use often appears with 'on'.
常見錯誤
overstock — 名詞
- overstocksingular
- overstocksplural
1. goods left in stock because a business ordered or kept more than it could use or
過剩存貨
多到超過需要的商品存量
goods left in stock because a business ordered or kept more than it could use or sell
The manager moved last season's overstock to a table by the door.
經理把上一季的過剩存貨移到門邊的一張桌上。
collocation: last season's overstock
Customers bought phone case overstock during the store's weekend sale.
顧客在店裡的週末特賣中買了手機殼的過剩存貨。
noun before noun: phone case overstock
Our warehouse still holds overstock from the rush for school uniforms.
我們的倉庫裡還放著開學制服搶購潮後留下的過剩存貨。
The website lists kitchen overstock at half the usual price.
那個網站把廚房用品過剩存貨列為半價出售。
pattern: category + overstock
After the festival ended, flower overstock filled three cold rooms.
節慶結束後，花卉過剩存貨堆滿了三間冷藏室。
- last season's overstock
- clear overstock
- sell overstock cheaply
- furniture overstock
- warehouse overstock
- surplus stock
a close business term for goods above the needed amount
- excess inventory
more formal and common in reports or warehouse records
- leftover stock
stresses goods remaining after a season or sale period
- clearance goods
focuses on the goods being sold cheaply, not simply on there being too many
- shortage
means there is not enough stock
文法句型
clear overstock
sell overstock online
overstock of + goods
furniture / clothing / kitchen overstock
用法筆記
Usually refers to business inventory rather than extra things in ordinary home life. Before another noun, it often names the product type, as in 'furniture overstock' or 'shoe overstock'.
常見錯誤
同根字
- overstocked形容詞C1
- overstocking名詞C1