单词 | underride |
释义 | underridev. a. transitive. To form the basis on which (something) occurs; cf. override v. 6a. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > form a base or foundation for [verb (transitive)] base1587 found1690 underride1953 1953 Landfall (N.Z.) Dec. 242 It underrode everything and was to him no more than suspected. b. Geology. Of a mass of rock, water, etc.: to move underneath (another mass). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > tectonize [verb (transitive)] > move under stress underride1970 underthrust1971 1970 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 81 1665/1 The seismically active zone of movement..between the moving oceanic crust and upper mantle, and the relatively stationary material that it underrides. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 54/2 Sediment-charged rivers spread material out over the lake floor by under-riding the lake water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < v.1953 |
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