| 单词 | overcast |
| 释义 | overcast (once / 2674 pages) 1adjnv 2nv Use the adjective overcast when you're describing a cloudy sky. An overcast day can be dark, cold, and gloomy, or just quiet and calm. A day that's gray and cloudy is overcast, and a dull, sunless sky can also be described this way. A less common way to use overcast is when you talk about sewing — an overcast stitch catches the edge of the fabric to keep it from fraying — and the stitch itself is sometimes called an overcast. Before the weather-related adjective was coined, overcast was a verb meaning "to cover" or "to overthrow." WORD FAMILYovercast: overcasted, overcasting, overcasts USAGE EXAMPLESIt was jacket-and-scarf weather here on a recent overcast December afternoon. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) On overcast days closer to the winter solstice, there is merely an hour or two of grimy twilight around one in the afternoon. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) The president and the first lady were joined by friends on the nature walk on a rainy, overcast day. Washington Times(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1adj filled or abounding with clouds Syn cloud-covered, clouded, sunless cloudy full of or covered with clouds 2n the state of the sky when it is covered by clouds Syn|Hyper cloud cover, cloudiness bad weather, inclemency, inclementness weather unsuitable for outdoor activities 3n gloomy semidarkness caused by cloud cover Syn|Hyper cloudiness semidarkness partial darkness 4v make overcast or cloudy 2Fall weather often overcasts our beaches Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper cloud brighten, clear, clear up, light up become clear fog up get foggy hazebecome hazy, dull, or cloudy darken make dark or darker 1n a long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling Syn|Hyper overcasting whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally 2n a cast that falls beyond the intended spot Hyper cast, casting the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel 3v sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches Hypo|Hyper oversew sew (two edges) with close stitches that pass over them both run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework 4v sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next overcast books Hyper run up, sew, sew together, stitch fasten by sewing; do needlework |
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