单词 | over |
释义 | over (once / 5 pages) 1adv 2adv 3adv 4adj 5adv 6n If something is over it is finished, across, or above. When a movie is over, you get up and leave. A blanket that's over your feet covers your toes. A painting over a fireplace hangs above it. Over is related to the German word über, meaning "above," like putting one piece of paper over another, or a ruling over your school, you popular person. Over can describe a distant position: your phone is over there. Or it can mean "throughout an area," like traveling over roads and oceans, or going over the plan before the team starts working. WORD FAMILYover: overly, overs USAGE EXAMPLESOver the weekend, a report showed that China’s manufacturing sector continued to expand in December, though at a slightly slower pace than the month before. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) An uneven 109-98 victory over the lowly Suns in Staples Center would hardly classify as a “fix.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) In September a university student sued the education ministry over homophobic textbooks. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) 1 adv beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position 2a roof that hangs over adv at or to a point across intervening space etc. 3come over and see us some time over there 1adv throughout an area he is known the world over 2adv over the entire area 4everything was dusted over with a fine layer of soot Syn all over adj having come or been brought to a conclusion 5Syn all over, complete, concluded, ended, terminated finished ended or brought to an end adv throughout a period of time 6stay over the weekend Syn o'er n (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch Hypo|Hyper maiden, maiden over (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored division, part, section one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole |
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