Overhaul
[əʊvə'hɔːl] or ['ovɚhɔl]
解释:
(noun.) periodic maintenance on a car or machine; 'it was time for an overhaul on the tractor'.
(verb.) make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; 'You should overhaul your car engine'; 'overhaul the health care system'.
伊诺克校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
(v. t.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
(n.) Alt. of Overhauling
鲍里斯校对
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. (Naut.) Overtake, come up with.[2]. Examine, look into.[3]. [Colloquial U. S.] Censure, blame, reprove, reprehend, find fault with, pass censure on, take to task, bring to book, call over the coals, haul over the coals, call to account, come down upon, snap up.
加德纳整理
解释:
v.t. to haul or draw over: to turn over for examination: to examine: to re-examine: (naut.) to overtake in a chase.—n. O′verhaul a hauling over: examination: repair.—Overhaul a ship to overtake a ship: to search her for contraband goods.
伊莎贝拉录入
例句:
- Not until the middle of the century did the tonnage of steamships upon the sea begin to overhaul that of sailing-ships. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But Jo got out her desk and began to overhaul her half-finished manuscripts. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- He believed the pits would have to be overhauled if they were to go on working. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- As many boats were now quite close to us it was inevitable that we would be quickly overhauled in the shaft, and captured or killed in short order. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Here he checked the housekeeper's accounts, and overhauled the butler's cellar-book. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- That represents the last time that the colonel needed to have his machine overhauled, I fancy. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- They were rapidly overhauling us when Tars Tarkas cried to me to hasten ahead and discover, if possible, the sanctuary we sought. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
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