“overswim”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

overswim

释义

overˈswim, v.
[OE. oferswimman = MHG. überswimmen: see over- 1, 8, 9.]
trans. To swim or float over, across, or upon. Hence overˈswimmer; overˈswimming vbl. n.
a1000Beowulf 2367 Oferswam ða sioleða bigong sunu Ecgðeowes.c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. metr. v. 132 (Camb. MS.) Oother beestis..betyn the wyndes, and ouerswymmyn the spaces of the longe eyr, by moyst fleeynge.1621S. Ward Life of Faith 81 The Oile that euer ouerswims the greatest quantitie of water you can poure vpon it.1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. ii. xlv, The first from over-swimming takes his name. Note, Epiploon (or overswimmer) descends below the navill, and ascends above the highest entrails, of skinny substance all interlaced with fat.a1834Coleridge Picture 133 Dimness o'erswum with lustre.

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