Overlie
[əʊvə'laɪ] or ['ovɚ'lai]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) kill by lying on; 'The sow overlay her piglets'.
(verb.) lie upon; lie on top of; 'the granite overlies the older rocks'.
安編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.
手打:所罗门
解釋/意思:
v.t. to lie above or upon: to smother by lying on.
胡安編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- All too frequently it forms another strange world which just overlies the world of personal acquaintance. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- He also made very beautiful tiles to overlay walls, stoves, and floors. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
整理:丽纳