If a place is overcrowded, there are too many people or too many things in it — more than it can hold in a comfortable or safe way. A crowded train is full. An overcrowded train is so full that people cannot move, or the space feels unsafe.

If a place is overcrowded如果一個地方overcrowded，there are too many people or too many things in it代表裡面的人或東西太多了——more than it can hold in a comfortable or safe way多到超過它能舒適或安全容納的程度。A crowded train is full擁擠（crowded）的火車是滿的。An overcrowded train is so full that people cannot moveOvercrowded的火車滿到讓人動不了，or the space feels unsafe或是讓人覺得空間不安全。

We use this about rooms, buses, cities, classrooms, hospitals, animal cages, and also about a cupboard stuffed with boxes. It is a bit stronger and a bit more serious than just crowded. You hear it in everyday talk and in the news.

We use this about rooms, buses, cities, classrooms, hospitals, animal cages我們會用這個字來說房間、公車、城市、教室、醫院、動物的籠子，and also about a cupboard stuffed with boxes也可以用來說一個塞滿箱子的櫃子。It is a bit stronger and a bit more serious than just crowded它比單純的crowded語氣更強、更嚴重一點。You hear it in everyday talk and in the news你會在日常對話和新聞裡聽到它。

Though actually, there is no magic number that turns crowded into overcrowded: it is how it feels, and sometimes whether a safety limit has been crossed. It is an adjective: an overcrowded room, overcrowded cities.

Though actually不過，there is no magic number that turns crowded into overcrowded並沒有一個神奇的數字可以把crowded變成overcrowded：it is how it feels關鍵在於感覺如何，and sometimes whether a safety limit has been crossed有時候也要看是不是超過了安全上限。It is an adjective它是形容詞：an overcrowded room, overcrowded citiesan overcrowded room（過度擁擠的房間）、overcrowded cities（過度擁擠的城市）。