Overhang
[əʊvə'hæŋ] or [,ovɚ'hæŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else.
(verb.) be suspended over or hang over; 'This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town'.
(verb.) project over.
卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To impend or hang over.
(v. t.) To hang over; to jut or project over.
(v. i.) To jut over.
(n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.
(n.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.
(n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.
(n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.
巴尔德手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to hang over: to project over: to impend: to overlade with ornamentation.—v.i. to hang over.—n. O′verhang a projecting part the degree of projection of roofs &c.—adj. Overhung′ covered over adorned with hangings.
錄入:内德
例句/造句/用法:
- We passed the bridge of Pelissier, where the ravine, which the river forms, opened before us, and we began to ascend the mountain that overhangs it. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Similarly, the soil is formed from the overhanging mountains; it is washed as sediment into the sea; it is elevated, after consolidation, into the overhanging mountains. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- A few minutes later our driver pulled up at a neat little red-brick villa with overhanging eaves which stood by the road. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Even in that direction, owing to the overhanging blades of corn, the view was not extensive. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- You see those overhanging rocks up there? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- They all three hurried to the vacated public room, and passed by one of the windows into the wooden verandah overhanging the river. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The sword overhung the emperor and spurred him to incessant activity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- These were the flat cloth plate, vertical post, overhung arm, vertically reciprocating needle, and continuous thread. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- A fierce bull-dog face was framed in a tangle of hair and beard, and two bold, dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted, overhung eyebrows. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us, with piercing dark eyes, which lurked in deep hollows under overhung and tufted brows. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
校對:维多利亚