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单词 over the hill
释义

hill /hil/

noun
  1. A high mass of land, smaller than a mountain
  2. A mound
  3. An incline on a road
transitive verb
  1. To form into a hill
  2. To bank up (sometimes for hele)
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)

  1. A rustic of the hill country
  2. Any unsophisticated person
  3. Country music
adjective

Of or relating to hillbillies

hillˈ-digger noun

A rifler of sepulchral barrows, etc

hillˈfolk or hillˈmen plural noun

  1. People living or hiding among the hills
  2. The Scottish sect of Cameronians
  3. The Covenanters generally

hillˈ-fort noun

  1. A fort on a hill
  2. A prehistoric stronghold on a hill

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)

  1. Past one's highest point of efficiency, success, etc
  2. On the downgrade
  3. Past the greatest difficulty

up hill and down dale

Vigorously and persistently

over /ōˈvər/

preposition
  1. Above in place, rank, power, authority, contention, preference, value, quantity, number, etc
  2. In excess of
  3. Above and from one side of to the other
  4. Down from or beyond the edge of
  5. From side to side or end to end of
  6. Along
  7. Throughout the extent of
  8. During
  9. Until after
  10. Across
  11. On or to the other side of
  12. On, onto, about, or across the surface of
  13. In discussion, contemplation, study of or occupation with
  14. Concerning
  15. On account of
  16. Recovered from the effects of
  17. In a sunk, submerged, or buried state beyond the level of, as in over head and ears
adverb
  1. On the top
  2. Above
  3. Across
  4. To or on the other side
  5. From one person, party, condition, etc, to another
  6. Into a sleep
  7. Outwards so as to overhang or to fall from
  8. Down, away from an upright position
  9. Through, from beginning to end, esp in a cursory or exploratory way
  10. Throughout
  11. Into a reversed position
  12. Across the margin
  13. Again, in repetition
  14. Too much
  15. In excess
  16. Left remaining
  17. At an end
interjection (radio)

Indicating that the speaker now expects a reply

adjective
  1. (usu as pfx) upper or superior
  2. Surplus
  3. Excessive
noun
  1. A series of (usu six) balls after which play changes from one end to the other (cricket)
  2. Anything that is over
  3. A surplus copy, etc
  4. An excess, overplus
transitive verb

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)

  1. Excessively, too
  2. Casually (Scot)
  3. Superciliously (obsolete)
adjective
  1. Casual (Scot)
  2. Supercilious, superior (obsolete)

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

  1. (of securities, etc) not listed on or traded through a stock exchange, but traded directly between buyers and sellers
  2. (of drugs, etc) able to be bought or sold without prescription or licence

over-the-topˈ adjective

Excessive, extreme, too much

all over

  1. At an end
  2. Everywhere
  3. At his, her or its most characteristic (informal)
  4. Covered with, besmeared or bespattered with (informal)

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

  1. In addition to
  2. Besides

over and out (radio)

An expression used to announce the end of one's transmission

over and over (again)

  1. Many times
  2. Repeatedly

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)

  1. To gain an advantage over someone
  2. To deceive someone

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