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单词 overhaul
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overhauln.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəhɔːl/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌ(h)ɔl/, /ˈoʊvərˌ(h)ɑl/
Forms: see over- prefix and haul n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, haul v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + haul v. Compare slightly later overhaul v.In quot. 1625 at sense 1 glossing a place name.
1. The action of hauling over a surface; a place where this occurs. Obsolete.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by drawing along > [noun]
trainage1611
overhaul1625
tow1793
trackage1820
traction1822
haulage1826
1625 R. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. iii. 540 They..draw their boats to a place called, the Peaskanoy Navolock, or Sandy Over-hall..five Russian Versts over.
2. A thorough examination, inspection, or scrutiny, esp. of machinery or equipment; (also) repairs or changes made as a result of this. Now frequently in extended use: a process of revision and improvement.In early use, chiefly in relation to the inspection of ships.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] > with a view to repairs, etc.
going-over1672
working over1695
overhale1748
overhauling1769
overhaul1826
rehaul1895
1756 H. Laurens Let. 24 Dec. in Papers (1970) II. 383 The Ship will have a thorough over haul.
1784 J. Green Jrnl. 5 Apr. in Amer. Neptune (1951) 11 99 The Supercargoes Requested to have an Overhall at Some of the Casks of Ginsang.
1826 B. Hall Acct. Voy. Corea I. i. 28 In the course of this overhaul, to which I most willingly submitted, they lighted on a pocket compass.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Overhaul, the survey made by the Board of Trade inspector or other Government Official when a ship is about to undergo repairs.
1926 Econ. Jrnl. 36 91 A complete overhaul and revision of freight rates and routing arrangements.
1966 P. O'Donnell Sabre-tooth xvi. 223 Modesty Blaise had flown to France..for a medical overhaul.
1995 FourFourTwo Oct. 132/1 Nicholl refused to panic. There were no wholesale changes of personnel or radical tactical overhauls.
2002 Aviation Daily (Nexis) 14 Feb. 3 The carrier also was hit with $3.5 million in maintenance costs related to unscheduled Rolls-Royce engine overhauls.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overhaulv.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəhɔːl/, /ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈhɔl/, /ˌoʊvərˈhɑl/
Forms: see over- prefix and haul v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, haul v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + haul v. With sense 3 compare Danish overhale (1595) and earlier overhaul n. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ōuvərhǭ·l) /əʊvəˈhɔːl/.
1. transitive. Nautical. To slacken (a rope) by pulling in the opposite direction to that in which it is drawn in hoisting; to release and separate the blocks of (a tackle) in this way.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways
windc1550
veer1590
veer1604
rousea1625
heave1626
overhaul1626
ease1627
pay1627
reeve1627
unbend1627
to come up1685
overhale1692
to pay away1769
surge1769
render1777
to pay out1793
to round down1793
to set upon ——1793
swig1794
veer1806
snake1815
to side out for a bend1831
rack1841
snub1841
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Hawle off your ley sheats, ouerhawle the ley bowlin, ease your mayne brases.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 24 While some above the yard, o'er-haul the tye.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §158 Having so many times to stop, overhawl, and flit,..the work could not go on very speedily.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A tackle when released is overhauled. To get a fresh purchase, ropes are overhauled. To reach an object, or take off strain, weather-braces are overhauled.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 61 Overhaul the bights down.
1933 R. A. Freeman Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes xiii. 180 The lowering of the tackle was a slow..business, for, as there was now no weight to pull it down, it had to be ‘overhauled’.
1990 Small Boat Jrnl. Jan. 48/3 The system ought to be faster than swinging a lateen yard peak-for-tack, or than overhauling the sheet of a boomed sail with tack on the mast.
2. transitive. To overtake, catch up with; to gain on.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake
betakea1000
oftakelOE
overtakec1225
ofgoc1300
under-get1390
attain1393
overget?a1400
overgoc1425
gaincopec1440
overhiec1440
overhalec1540
overcatch1570
overhent1590
win1596
to grow on or upon1603
catcha1616
to fetch up1622
to fetch of, upon1659
overhaul1793
to meet up with1837
to catch up1838
to get past1857
1654 Mercurius Politicus No. 195. 3312 Of 45 ships, and them Forainers, over-hawled by the Taunton-Frigat since we were comanded to Sea, we found not any just reason to send above 3 of them in.
1664 T. Allin Jrnl. 11 July (1939) (modernized text) I. 141 A handsome gale, that it served us to overhaul the flood.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §266 The tide had overhauled us, and driven us to the eastward of our proper mooring-place.
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. iii. 86 We shall fall in with plenty of boats and vessels if we coast it up to Palermo, and they may overhaul us.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) A ship overhauls another in chase when she evidently gains upon her.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Sept. 10/2 The empty carriages were..overhauled by a down fast goods train, which ran with great violence into the excursion train.
1933 D. L. Sayers Hangman's Holiday 187 He..drove on, overhauling the police car.
1977 World of Cricket Monthly June 88/3 Their batting attack never really got to grips with the task of overhauling Kent's target of 172, and they were all out for 133.
3.
a. transitive. To examine thoroughly, inspect, scrutinize; esp. to take apart and examine (a piece of equipment, etc.) and repair or modify it if necessary. Also (occasionally) intransitive. Cf. haul v. 1b.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > with a view to repairs
overhaul1705
overhale1713
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [verb (transitive)] > examine with view to repairs
overhaul1705
1705 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 63 To appoint any person to overhaul these papers and accounts.
1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 89 To-day I over-haul'd the Powder, and told the Lieutenant that I had twenty-three half Barrels in Store.
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxxi. 216 We must overhaul the pros and cons.
1884 R. C. Praed Zéro xiii The drains..are being overhauled.
1908 ‘G. A. Birmingham’ Spanish Gold 16 ‘I'll go down and have a look at the Spindrift,’ said the Major. ‘I'm having her overhauled and fitted out for a cruise.’
1920 Westm. Gaz. 16 June 10/2 So as the selected yacht may have sufficient time to overhaul and arrive in New York by July 13.
1988 Pract. Motorist Apr. 24/1 Before using an ex-breaker's yard carburettor, it's best to overhaul it.
b. transitive. In extended use: to change significantly; to revise, improve, update.
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the world > action or operation > amending > put right [verb (transitive)] > look over with a view to amending
revisea1626
overhaul1870
rehaul1896
1870 N.Y. Clipper 9 Apr. 7/2 Next season the company at this establishment will be completely overhauled—all the bad points will be weeded out and the good improved.
1907 Billboard 25 Feb. 32/4 Both Mack and Mr. Ramsey expect to be in Kansas City, Mo., the last of February and engage some new people for the show and generally ‘overhaul’ it.
1924 Amer. Mercury Nov. 309/1 The latter half of the Nineteenth Century, when modern medicine was getting on its legs and the materia medica of a simpler age was being radically overhauled.
1962 Listener 15 Mar. 469/2 The view of many present-day mathematicians who would want to overhaul our methods all down the line.
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. i. 26/3 The President is to speak..[about] his plan to overhaul the Federal tax system.
2000 Out Mar. 124/1 With the help of hairstylist Damien Miano..we helped four people who wanted to overhaul their looks.
4. transitive. U.S. To scold, reprimand. Cf. to haul (a person) over the coals at coal n. Phrases 5.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold
chidec1230
ban1340
tongue1388
rate1393
flite14..
rehetec1400
janglec1430
chafec1485
rattle1542
berate1548
quarrel1587
hazen?1608
bequarrel1624
huff1674
shrewa1687
to claw away, off1692
tongue-pad1707
to blow up1710
scold1718
rag1739
redd1776
bullyraga1790
jaw1810
targe1825
haze1829
overhaul1840
tongue-walk1841
trim1882
to call down1883
tongue-lash1887
roar1917
to go off at (a person)1941
chew1948
wrinch2009
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 224 Three minutes and a half were allowed for every man to dress and come on deck, and if any were longer than that, they were sure to be overhauled by the mate.
1863 W. T. Sherman Let. 20 Sept. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1890) 1st Ser. XXX. iii. 748 I will reprimand Colonel Fletcher for making such a report... Bragg overhauled for evacuating the Valley of the Tennessee.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §295/2 Scold, reprimand,..overhaul.
1981 Amer. Speech 56 156 Mr Wyland, a favorite teacher..overhauled some of the boys for misbehaving.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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