单词 | overwater |
释义 | overwateradj. Operating, performed, or taking place above or across water. Also: located on, over, or above water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [adjective] > situated on or over water overwater1889 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > [adjective] > flying over a place overflying1600 overwater1889 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > foreign (of country or place) or situated abroad > of or relating to a foreign land un-i-cundeeOE althedisheOE althedyOE elelendisha1000 fremda1000 outlandishOE strange1297 outenc1300 unkindc1300 outlandsc1330 foreign?1435 outland1488 peregrine1532 uncouth1533 forinsecal1539 exterior1540 extern1543 unnative1568 uplandish1586 external1587 tramontane1596 exotical1601 estranged1614 undenizened1635 extra-marine1639 outlanding1643 ultramarine1656 transmontane1727 forinsec service1728 foreigneering1806 trans-oceanic1827 vilayati1843 alienized1860 oversea1881 overwater1889 overseas1892 furrin1895 non-native1932 1889 Science 15 Mar. 197/2 There is another 8-inch tube, fitted at an angle, for over-water fire at distances of 1,000 yards or thereabout. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 30 July 8/2 If geophysical reports are favorable, over-water rigs will be erected later for drilling tests. 1967 Jane's Surface Skimmer Syst. 1967–8 2/1 Research and development programmes are dedicated in the main to the task of speeding up over-water transport. 1993 Flyer July 36/1 We readied the aircraft for the overwater leg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overwaterv.ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [verb (transitive)] > supply with water waterOE wet1382 overwater1645 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Trivmph of Faith (1845) Ded. 11 A sea, and boundless river of visible, living, and breathing grace,..to over-water men and angels. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) x. 165 The River gave the fruitfulness unto this Valley by over-watring that low Region. 2. transitive. To water (something) too much. Also (occasionally) intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > irrigate [verb (transitive)] > too much overwater1691 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning streets > clean streets [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle with water to lay dust > excessively overwater1691 the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > dilute or adulterate > excessively overwater1879 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 33 You can hardly over-water your Strawberry-Beds. 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) at Ananas sig. P It is much better to give them a little Water often, than to over-water them, especially at this Season. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 210 Myrtles over-watered, and geraniums, trained as never geraniums were trained before. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia vii. 117 They proceeded to taste the liquor, in order to see whether it had been overwatered. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 375 Phyllachne... Do not over-water in winter. 1990 Australian 4 Dec. (Brisbane ed.) 23/1 (cartoon) I'll be back in forty days and forty nights..be careful not to overwater it. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > cover or suffuse > with water flood1831 overwater1890 1890 L. Lewis Proving of Gennad 47 Brave sights, now over-watered, quenched and stilled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1889v.1645 |
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