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overlie

英式英标[\'ovɚ\'lai]
美式音标[əʊvə\'laɪ]

vt. 躺在…上面；覆在…上面；压在（婴儿、幼仔）身上使之窒息而死

英文词源

overlie (v.): late 12c., from over- + lie (v.2), or from an unrecorded Old English *oferlicgan. "In use from 12th to 16th c.; in 17-18th displaced by overlay; reintroduced in 19th c., chiefly in geological use." [OED]. Related: Overlay; overlain.

中文解释

1. over- "above" + lie.

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