Overrun
[əʊvə'rʌn] or ['ovərʌn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) run beyond or past; 'The plane overran the runway'.
(verb.) seize the position of and defeat; 'the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land'.
阿诺德手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(p. p.) of Overrun
(v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass.
(v. t.) To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running.
(v. t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length.
(v. t.) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
(v. t.) To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before.
(v. t.) To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page.
(v. i.) To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess.
(v. i.) To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns.
希尔达整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Run over, spread over.[2]. Ravage, devastate, despoil, lay waste.
v. n. Overflow, run over.
整理:蒂娜
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Lay-waste, devastate,[See RAVAGE]
校對:塞勒斯特
解釋/意思:
v.t. to run or spread over: to grow over: to spread over and take possession of: to crush down: (B.) to run faster than: to pass in running: to extend composed types beyond their first limit.—v.i. to run over: to extend beyond the right length as a line or page in printing.—n. Overrun′ner one that overruns.
編輯:米考伯
例句/造句/用法:
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was a blessing for a commerce-loving country to be overrun by such an army of customers: and to have such creditable warriors to feed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was overrun with McClellans though. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- They were in Brussels, they had overrun Savoy, they had raided to Mayence; they had seized the Scheldt from Holland. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Armenia was overrun, all Mesopotamia was conquered and Persia beyond the rivers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The German right overran itself, lost its cohesion, and was driven back from the Marne to the Aisne (Battle of the Marne, September 6th to 10th). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He turned his attention southward, and overran North Italy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was a blessing for a commerce-loving country to be overrun by such an army of customers: and to have such creditable warriors to feed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was overrun with McClellans though. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- They were in Brussels, they had overrun Savoy, they had raided to Mayence; they had seized the Scheldt from Holland. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Armenia was overrun, all Mesopotamia was conquered and Persia beyond the rivers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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