overspill

1. N-UNCOUNT Overspill is used to refer to people who live near a city because there is no room in the city itself. 靠城而住的過剩人口[英國英語] [also 'a' N, oft N n]

2. N-UNCOUNT You can use overspill to refer to things or people which there is no room for in the usual place because it is full. 溢出物; 多出的人[英國英語] [also 'a' N]

Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overspill. 醫(yī)院旁搭起了帳篷以收治醫(yī)院里住不下的人。