单词 | over the hill |
释义 | hill /hil/noun
ORIGIN: OE hyll; cf L collis a hill, celsus high hilled adjective Having hills hillˈiness noun hillˈock noun A small hill hillˈocky adjective hillˈy adjective Full of hills hillˈbilly noun (N American)
Of or relating to hillbillies hillˈ-digger noun A rifler of sepulchral barrows, etc hillˈfolk or hillˈmen plural noun
hillˈ-fort noun
hillˈ-pasture noun hillˈside noun The slope of a hill hill station noun A government station in the hills, esp of N India hillˈtop noun The summit of a hill hillˈwalker noun hillˈwalking noun hill and dale (obsolete; of a gramophone record) With vertical groove undulations old as the hills (informal) Immeasurably old over the hill (informal)
up hill and down dale Vigorously and persistently over /ōˈvər/preposition
Indicating that the speaker now expects a reply adjective
To go, leap or vault over —Also, only as adv and prep o'er (now usu poetic), ore (obs), o're (obs), all pronounced /ōr or ör/, and in Scots ower, owre or o'er, pronounced /owr or ōr/ ORIGIN: OE ofer; Ger über, L super, Gr hyper; cf up overage /ōˈvə-rij/ noun Surplus, excess (see also over-age under over-) oˈverly adverb (informal, orig US)
oˈver-and-unˈder noun A double-barrelled gun having the barrels one on top of the other rather than side by side (also under-and-oˈver) overbyˈ adverb A little way over, esp in Scots forms owerby, o'erby /owr-bīˈ/ over rate noun (cricket) The rate at which overs are bowled over-the-counˈter adjective
over-the-topˈ adjective Excessive, extreme, too much all over
all over again Again from the beginning, anew be all over (someone) To make a fuss of, fawn on (someone) over again All over again over against Opposite over and above
over and out (radio) An expression used to announce the end of one's transmission over and over (again)
over head and ears Completely submerged over seas To foreign lands over the hill see under hill over the moon see under moon over to you! Used to transfer the initiative in speaking, etc, to another person put one over on (informal)
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