| 单词 | overhead |
| 释义 | overhead pronunciation note: The adjective is pronounced (oʊvəʳhed ). The adverb is pronounced (oʊvəʳhed ). adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use overhead to indicate that something is above you or above the place that you are talking about. She turned on the overhead light and looked around the little room. ...people who live under or near overhead cables. Synonyms: raised, suspended, elevated, aerial Overhead is also an adverb. ...planes passing overhead. Now there were only the stars overhead. Collocations: overhead bin Now it focuses on making and selling aircraft equipment such as lavatory units, cabin furniture and overhead bins. Times, Sunday Times On every winter flight, travellers would tuck their carry-on bags in the overhead bins and then stuff in their bulky coats, filling the bins even before many customers had boarded. Times, Sunday Times The overhead bins were closed, except for a few in the aft part of the cabin. Times, Sunday Times The cabin featured an automatic oxygen system and larger overhead bins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cubicles are composed of modular elements such as work surfaces, overhead bins, drawers, and shelving, which can be configured depending on the user's needs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he was seemingly unaware that the high-voltage overhead cable was in contact with the raised rear of his truck. The Sun The demolition of an old power station yesterday sparked a fire on an overhead cable that injured three people and left 40,000 homes without electricity. Times, Sunday Times The map shows the route of the overhead cable, which followed approximately that of a railway line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of course the manipulators also provide force feedback through the overhead cable boom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The overhead cable serves the sole purpose of bracing the ferry against the current. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company said that strict overhead cost controls had enabled it to report strong sales and growth across all its units, despite an upward pressure on input prices. Times, Sunday Times While enrollment was reduced, overhead cost for building operation and salaries stated constant or increased. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This eliminates the overhead cost of tracking page references. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The system was designed to operate with very low maintenance and overhead cost to the village. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Differences in that overhead cost are important influences on lifestyle, behavior, and even physical structures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It noted track renewal was 7 per cent behind schedule, signalling upgrades were 63 per cent behind and overhead line improvements 77 per cent behind. Times, Sunday Times It will be responsible for the design and construction of the civil engineering, track, overhead line and power supply aspects of the project. Times, Sunday Times Parallel electrical operations continued until 1955, when the overhead line was removed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1922, the whole line was electrified with supplied by overhead line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A further 21 units were built from 1954 to 1955 in order to enable the overhead line traffic to be withdrawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On an overhead screen, documentary footage plays second fiddle to cheesy images of orange sunsets. Times, Sunday Times Before and after each service, we show their photographs on the overhead screen. Christianity Today The overhead screen plays videos on the hour at night - but it's being renovated, so graphics will be visible in daylight. Times,Sunday Times Instead, documents containing confidential information will only be displayed on an overhead screen during council meetings. Times, Sunday Times Visitors may relax on a bed in a virtual hotel room to view the material on an overhead screen. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The overhead sign was removed during that renovation in 1963. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A red overhead sign bearing the universitys name was added during the 1938-39 school year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The price flashes on overhead signs and changes from about $5 to $10, heading reflecting the level of congestion. Times, Sunday Times This name appears on overhead signs at prominent interchanges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are identified by a diamond symbol and overhead signs and are located on the leftmost lanes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Stressed-out passengers would move up and down the aisle hunting for overhead space, bringing boarding to a halt. Times, Sunday Times Even in rooms with overhead space, they had dropped the ceilings to save on the utility bill. Christianity Today Olio curtains were popular in vaudeville theatre as they require a minimum of overhead space, were simple to construct, and in most cases could be operated by a single person. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fourth official should have access to an overhead view with superimposed parallel lines which show a true view of offside positions. Times, Sunday Times That's what you get here - an overhead view. The Sun This title also allows players to take an overhead view from above, something unavailable in a real pool game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the two overhead view stages the player must find and rescue hostages in order to unlock doors elsewhere in the level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Navigation occurs via an overworld map, depicting the landscape from a scaled down overhead view. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This claimed to utilize atmospheric electricity to eliminate the overhead wire used by the existing telegraph systems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Electric locomotives draw power from a stationary source via an overhead wire or third rail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Two cables are attached to each of the boat's ends and guided by an overhead wire connecting the two river banks about 700 feet away. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Vehicles from other systems must be altered to accommodate the tracks, and cars intended for third-rail power must be reconfigured for use with overhead wire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much simpler and more functional was an overhead wire in combination with a pantograph borne by the vehicle and pressed at the line from below. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And with rain clouds starting to pass overhead, you could even detect a vague breeze in the air. The Sun In the early morning, a few swallows or house martins may pass overhead almost anywhere on their way south. Times, Sunday Times A century earlier they were so numerous they flew in flocks that blotted out the sun, turned day to dusk and took hours to pass overhead. Times, Sunday Times Flatfish hunt by lying in the sand and waiting for smaller fish to pass overhead. Times, Sunday Times You cannot fail to notice them when they pass overhead, or fail to recognise them. Times, Sunday Times They argue that publishers can no longer justify taking a larger share when they no longer pay overheads such as printing, shipping and storage. Times, Sunday Times Small firms are facing site closures and supply problems while still having to pay overheads such as machinery hire. The Sun In fact, the directors were using the money to pay overheads before passing funds to clients. Times, Sunday Times With restrictions set to be in place for some time, the moves would help fans reduce overheads, too. The Sun The company told investors that it would reduce overheads and simplify its product offering. Times, Sunday Times Many established publishers have closed district offices in recent years to reduce overheads and consolidated operations to cities or larger towns. Times,Sunday Times It can be worthwhile for companies to pay workers to stay at home because it helps them to avoid overproduction and reduce overheads. Times, Sunday Times They are trying to reduce overheads to cope with falling consumer demand, particularly for big cars that have been affected by the soaring price of fuel. Times, Sunday Times Birds continue to sit on nests whilst aircraft roar overhead and rockets explode.... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Planes roared overhead day and night, carbuncular nightclubs scarred the shore and even the best beaches lacked lustre. Times, Sunday Times There aren't any passenger jets roaring overhead at five o'clock in the morning. The Times Literary Supplement Helicopters and fighter jets roared overhead in tight formation. Times, Sunday Times As jet fighters roared overhead, defence executives and generals thronged the doors of the corporate chalets, hoping to escape from the blazing sun into air-conditioned comfort. Times, Sunday Times The walls are rough and trains rumble overhead. Times, Sunday Times From the moment that you empty your pockets into plastic bags and have a chap in a sailor-suit put a luggage label on you as trains rumble overhead, apprehension builds. Times, Sunday Times Droplets splattered intermittently from dark, dense clouds rumbling overhead. Times,Sunday Times Everywhere people are marvelling at hearing the complexity of birdsong, the peacefulness of streets with so little traffic, the pleasure of walking in parks without aircraft rumbling overhead. Times,Sunday Times An aeroplane rumbles overhead as we sit under a large sycamore tree. Times, Sunday Times Outside, rain threatened and seagulls, apparently lost, screamed overhead. Times, Sunday Times He was hiding with his sister in a warehouse as planes screamed overhead when suddenly there was a white flash. Times, Sunday Times When a group of blue-and-yellow macaws suddenly screamed overhead to trees on the far side of the lake, their raucous arrival seemed to awaken the entire forest. Times, Sunday Times Police fired teargas to disperse many demonstrators while jet fighters screamed overhead. Times, Sunday Times Fish eagles soar overhead, and we even found the birdwatcher's equivalent to a leopard: a pel's fishing owl. Times, Sunday Times Sheep stand in the road and hawks soar overhead. Times, Sunday Times Walkers and twitchers will enjoy the eagles, hawks and falcons that soar overhead in cloudless skies. The Sun The magnificent ironwork of the cathedral roof soars overhead, picked out in sky blue. Times, Sunday Times The kori bustard, at 18kg the heaviest flying bird in the world, soars overhead. Times, Sunday Times Watch falcons diving thousands of feet at high speeds, while hawks and eagles swoop overhead. Times, Sunday Times Southern giant petrels swoop overhead and striated caracaras, one of the world's rarest birds of prey, practically knock our hats off. Times, Sunday Times Wild garlic and variegated mint are sprouting on the riverbank and swallows swoop overhead. Times, Sunday Times And we are told that the golden eagles which swoop overhead have been known to carry off bear cubs, as well as lambs. Times, Sunday Times We gaze out at life flourishing beyond our windows, the leaves citrus-bright, those first swifts joyfully swooping overhead. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 头顶上的 Japanese: 頭上の |
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