请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 overtumble
释义

overtumblev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈtʌmbl/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtəmb(ə)l/
Forms: see over- prefix and tumble v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, tumble v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + tumble v. Compare to tumble over (see tumble v. 3b).
Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
1. intransitive. To tumble or fall over; to capsize.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over
welt13..
tiltc1390
overfalla1400
waltc1400
tirvec1425
top over tervea1450
overtumble1487
overwelta1522
to fall over1541
top1545
topple1600
tramble1609
tope1796
tottle1830
overtopple1855
whemmel1895
pitch-pole1896
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 643 In sum bargis sa feill can ga, For thair fais thame chasit swa, That thai ourtummyllit, and the men..all drownit then.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. x. 115 And, fra the soyll, gret Troy, Neptunus town, Ourtumlyt to the grond.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 33/2 The Ocean in Mountains..over-tumbling, tumbling over Rocks, Casts various Rain-bows.
1908 M. J. Cawein Reed shaken with Wind in Poems IV. xvii. 71 Haggard gravestones, mossed and crumbled, Tottered round us, or o'ertumbled In their sunken grave.
2. transitive. To cause to fall over; to overthrow, overturn, or upset. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset
overcastc1230
overturnc1300
overthrowc1330
to-turna1382
overwhelm?a1400
tilta1400
tipa1400
welt?a1400
overtiltc1400
tirvec1420
reverse?a1439
devolvec1470
subvert1479
welter?a1505
renverse1521
tumble1534
verse1556
upturn1567
overwhirl1577
rewalt1587
subverse1590
overset1599
overtumble1600
walt1611
to fetch up1615
ramvert1632
treveer1636
transvolve1644
capsize1788
upset1806
keel1828
overwelt1828
pitch-pole1851
purl1856
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 404 Yet the breath of one mortall man..doth overtumble all.
1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher i. sig. B Whereof being princely prowd I scowre the streete And ouer-tumble euery man I meete.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 218 The whole Frame built on it is ready to be over-tumbled.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 280 That..I, with my bent steel, may o'ertumble town!
3. transitive. To fall or tumble over (something). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall down (something) [verb (transitive)] > fall over or upon
overfallOE
overtumblea1640
a1640 in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) 238 Ock, Which, for more haste, o'ertumbleth many a rock.
1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 76 Where roars the conflict of eternal storm, And wave o'ertumbles wave in foamy fall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
v.1487
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 8:55:31