| 单词 | overhead |
| 释义 | overhead (once / 422 pages) 1adjnadv 2n 3n 4n Anything that's located above you is overhead — it’s literally over your head. An overhead compartment on an airplane is a good place to stash your carry-on suitcase. Overhead is also the money it takes to run a business. Overhead works as both an adjective and an adverb: "An overhead view of the football field gives the spectators a better idea of the game, and a drone flying overhead is the perfect way to achieve it." There's also an overhead stroke in tennis, an overhead projector showing a movie in science class, and the overhead, or up-front expenses, that a new business requires. WORD FAMILYoverhead: overheads+/forehead: foreheads/head: forehead, headed, header, headful, heading, headless, headlike, heads, headship, heady, overhead, subhead/headed: headeder, headedest, headedly, unheaded/header: headers/heading: headings, subheading/headship: headships/heady: headier, headiest, headily/subhead: subheads/subheading: subheadings USAGE EXAMPLESThe coal is transported into the power plant through a 14km long, blue, snake-like conveyor belt, saving Reliance Power the overhead costs of railroad transportation. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) With the increased overtime regulation does come increased overhead. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) United recently introduced a class that’s worse than economy: passengers board last and have no overhead bin space. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1adj located or originating from above an overhead crossing Ant surface on the surface subsurfacebeneath the surface abovegroundon or above the surface of the ground grade-constructedconstructed at ground level opencast, opencut(of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface belowground, undergroundunder the level of the ground submarine, underseabeneath the surface of the sea submerged, submersed, underwaterbeneath the surface of the water subterranean, subterraneousbeing or operating under the surface of the earth 2n (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship Hyper ceiling the overhead upper surface of a covered space 3n a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head Syn|Hyper smash return a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player 4adv above the head; over the head bring the legs together overhead 5adv above your head; in the sky 2planes were flying overhead n the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes 3Syn|Hyper budget items, operating cost, operating expense disbursal, disbursement, expense amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) 1n (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command Syn|Hyper command overhead, command processing overhead, command processing overhead time processing time the time it takes to complete a prescribed procedure 2n (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing 4Syn|Hyper disk overhead disc space, disk space (computer science) the space available on a magnetic disk n a transparency for use with an overhead projector Syn|Hyper viewgraph foil, transparency picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector |
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