overlie
英 [??v?'la?]
美['ov?'lai]
- vt. 躺在…上面；覆在…上面；压在（婴儿、幼仔）身上使之窒息而死
畅通词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?overlies;过去式:?overlay;过去分词:?overlain;现在分词:?overlying;
助记提示
1. over- "above" + lie.
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.