overlie
英 [əʊvə'laɪ]
美 ['ovɚ'lai]
- vt. 躺在…上面;覆在…上面;压在(婴儿、幼仔)身上使之窒息而死
overlie 助记提示
1. over- "above" + lie.
overlie 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.