Overhaul
[əʊvə'hɔːl] or ['ovɚhɔl]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
伊诺克校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
鲍里斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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.
伊莎贝拉錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But Jo got out her desk and began to overhaul her half-finished manuscripts. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- He believed the pits would have to be overhauled if they were to go on working. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Here he checked the housekeeper's accounts, and overhauled the butler's cellar-book. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- That represents the last time that the colonel needed to have his machine overhauled, I fancy. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- They were rapidly overhauling us when Tars Tarkas cried to me to hasten ahead and discover, if possible, the sanctuary we sought. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
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