Overlie
[əʊvə'laɪ] or ['ovɚ'lai]
解释:
(verb.) kill by lying on; 'The sow overlay her piglets'.
(verb.) lie upon; lie on top of; 'the granite overlies the older rocks'.
安编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.
手打:所罗门
解释:
v.t. to lie above or upon: to smother by lying on.
胡安编辑
例句:
- Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Overlying or overlapping these Azoic or Arch?ozoic rocks come others, manifestly also very ancient and worn, which do contain traces of life. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- All too frequently it forms another strange world which just overlies the world of personal acquaintance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- He also made very beautiful tiles to overlay walls, stoves, and floors. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
整理:丽纳