单词 | overlying |
释义 | overlyingn. The action of overlie v.In quot. c1425: (perhaps) †oppression, affliction (cf. overlaying n.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [noun] overlyingc1425 supraposition1812 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation smoringc1440 suffocating1621 stifling1711 choking1803 smotheration1826 overlying1891 c1425 J. Wyclif Serm. Missa de Pace in MS Douce 321 f. 494v Þes þyngis haue I spoken to ȝou þat ȝe haue þees in me & þe world schulen ȝe haue ouerlyinge [a1425 Bodl. In þe world shulen ȝe have overleiynge]. 1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. xlv. 173 Produced by the overlying of the reversed spectra of such substances as are to be found in the earth. 1891 Daily News 31 Dec. 5/3 The proportion of deaths from overlying is more than twice as high on Saturday night as on any other night in the week. 1918 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 81 26 (heading) Overlying of infants. 1996 C.-J. N. Bailey Ess. Time-based Ling. Anal. iv. 145 It confirms the overlying of AC and complex A by complex C. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overlyingadj. That overlies something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [adjective] superjacent1578 incumbent1624 insistent1624 incumbing1629 superincumbent1664 insisting1727 overlying1831 riding1859–60 1831 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 121 331 The plate in rising tends to lift the overlying fluid, and in falling to recede from it. 1872 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. II. 244 The proximity of large overlying bodies of water. 1936 Discovery Apr. 99 Dunshaughlin crannóg during excavation, showing the brushwood layer, the overlying timbers, and the outer palisade. 1993 Flyer July 36/1 Around noon we took off and had to level off at 1,500 feet due to the overlying clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1425adj.1831 |
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