单词	overlain
释义	overlie verb over·​lie ˌō-vər-ˈlī  overlay ˌō-vər-ˈlā  ; overlain ˌō-vər-ˈlān  ; overlying ˌō-vər-ˈlī-iŋ  transitive verb 1 : to lie over or upon 2 : to cause the death of by lying upon Synonyms lap overlap overlay overspread See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning Recent Examples on the Web The researchers combined reams of geologic data from 2003 to 2017 to determine where U.S. forests and shrublands overlie bedrock that roots could feasibly reach. Tess Joosse, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2021 The sale outcome would also be a strange end to the Trump administration’s push to allow drilling in the refuge, which is thought to overlie billions of barrels of oil, although that thinking is largely based on decades-old data. New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020 The coastal plain is believed to overlie one of the last remaining significant petroleum reserves in the United States, and could potentially yield billions of barrels of oil. New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020 The coastal plain is thought to overlie geological formations that could hold billions of barrels of oil, although that assessment is based on data collected in the 1980s. New York Times, 16 Nov. 2020 Researchers will also be able to download the map and overlay their data, according to Gizmodo. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020 This melts the overlying ice, creating a dark band of open water running around the equator. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Mar. 2020 So contact is obviously a very important issue, but there may be this overlying effect of the environment, like the climate of a place, that acts as an upper boundary as to how much virus activity there can be. Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2020 In these chronic cases, clinicians typically find significant atrophy of the two major muscles that are supplied by the nerve overlying the scapula, and when these muscles atrophy, the bony spine of the scapula becomes very prominent. Texas A&m University, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition overlie transitive verb over·​lie ˌō-vər-ˈlī  overlay -ˈlā  ; overlain -ˈlān  ; overlying -ˈlī-iŋ  : to cause the death of by lying upon overlain verb past participle of overlie 1 as in overlapped to lie over parts of one another the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance overlapped overlaid lapped overspread shingled 2 as in coated to form a layer over there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning Synonyms & Similar Words coated overlaid covered blanketed sheeted overspread carpeted clad wrapped swathed mantled enveloped circled enshrouded enrobed shrouded enclosed clothed cloaked veiled enwrapped shawled curtained encircled inclosed enswathed encompassed
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