| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈoverˌground, n.|-graʊnd|
[over- 1.]
†1. An upper or higher ground. Obs.
1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 569 Looking downe upon the city from some hill-side or overground.
2. (See quots.: in most modern senses used in deliberate antithesis to underground.)
1931N. & Q. 11 Apr. 267/2 There has been for some long time past a line of motor-omnibuses running from Hadley Woods and Barnet to Victoria Station on the sides of which..is the word ‘Overground’. 1966Evening Standard 24 Feb. 16/2 The overground is an aerial railway with completely automatic operation. Ibid., Buses would run through the suburbs to the edge of the city's centre... Passengers would change on to one or other of the over⁓grounds, a series of independent, six-mile rail loops. 1969Gandalf's Garden vi. 11/1 Overground, like the Underground, from which it grew, it exists in the spirits of those who are living it, in the act of seeking a deeper understanding of life, in the expression of an aspirational lifestyle working in harmony with natural and mystical laws.
▪ II. ˈoverground, a.
[over- 32.]
a. Situated over or above ground, raised above the ground; opposed to underground.
1879Sir G. G. Scott Lect. Archit. I. 182 The chapel is..elevated on an overground crypt. 1894Westm. Gaz. 19 Nov. 2/1 An underground railway is preferable..its construction..is far less expensive than would be an overground line. 1897Naturalist 23 Overground stolons rooting at the nodes.
b. fig. Overt; unconcealed; publicly acknowledged. Opp. underground a. 4.
1943Ann. Reg. 1942 244 ‘Overground’ resistance to the Germans was as strong as ever. 1961Times 14 Jan. 7/7 But wherever they went the journalists were approached by ‘overground’ sympathizers with the independence fighters. 1970New York 16 Nov. 50/2 They have been..whipped around in the over- and underground press. 1971Times 15 Jan. 12/8 Now even overground publishers are jumping on the revolutionary bandwagon. 1971Guardian 27 Sept. 14/6 Overground media generally treat sex, drugs, and violence in a misguided matronly tone.
▪ III. ˌoverˈground, adv.
[over- 31.]
Above the ground; into the open; opp. underground.
1930Sat. Even. Post 22 Mar. 15/2 There was a rumbling as of a subway train heard over-ground. 1944F. Clune Red Heart 6 After descending a few feet underground to have a look at the lode, I felt a desire to fly a few thousand overground to get a different angle of view. 1951E. D. M. St. Philomena the Wonder-Worker (ed. 6) i. 16 The Christians could not safely perform the burial services in the presence of their heathen enemies over ground. 1963Times 22 Apr. 11/1 Thought has been given to procedures by which rebels would ‘come overground’ and give up their weapons. 1968Economist 3 Feb. 15/2 This seemed likely to mean that commercial gaming would continue underground in the pre-1960 manner..; but instead gaming popped overground into open places. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Nov. 1455/4 Douglas Hayes has had an underground reputation... It is time for that reputation to appear overground. |