| 释义 |
ˈover-ˈage, adj. phr.
(stress var.)
[over prep. 11, and age n. 4; see over- 32.]
That is over a certain age or limit of age.
1886C. Scott Sheep-Farming 174 Rather keep a good over⁓age ewe than a bad young one. 1893Academy 11 Mar. 221/3 He was elected to an exhibition at Merton College, Oxford, being over age for a scholarship. |