flyovern.

Brit.

/ˈflʌɪ(ˌ)əʊvə/, U.S.

/ˈflaɪˌoʊvər/

Etymology: < verbal phrase to fly over (see fly v.¹ 9c).

1. A railway or road bridge over another (e.g. a local over a main) line or road. Also figurative. Similarly fly-under n. a line or road under another. Both words also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > over lock, road, or railway

lock bridge1804

railway bridge1830

overbridge1876

flyover1901

overpass1929

overcross1950

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > fly-over or fly-under

flyover1937

fly-under1938

1901 Daily News 5 Jan. 6/5 The junction for the Aldershot branch..is being..rearranged on the ‘fly-over’ system, that is, the down line..remains as it was, but a new one..is being brought over the top of the main line by means of a skew bridge... This ‘fly-over’..will abolish a fruitful source of delay.

1930 Engineering 7 Nov. 596/1 At Cogload Junction a fly-over bridge..will be built.

1937 Daily Express 7 Apr. 8/4 Whitehall's idea now is that great motoring highways be driven across the parks from one end to the other. They would meet at fly-overs, where one road would be built over the other.

1937 Archit. Rev. 81 158 (caption) Fly-over [road] crossing.

1938 Times 26 Jan. 14/4 The council also approved schemes for the construction of a fly-over junction on the Sutton by-pass road at its junction with the Merton–Belmont road.

1938 Times 8 Nov. 11/6 The scheme has involved the construction of a ‘fly-under’ bridge under the present electric lines near North Acton.

1961 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 15/3 ‘Fly-under’ on old railway.

1961 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 15/3 A stretch of abandoned railway line is to be converted into a ‘fly-under’ junction.

1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use viii. 183 This kind of symbolic language can use vocabulary that is apparently very simple..but conceals a tracery of fly-overs from literal to metaphorical terrain.

1963 P.M.L.A. Dec. p. vii/2 (list) U.K. flyover: U.S. elevated highway.

1970 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 May 2/3 The fly-over freeway leading from Tokyo International Airport to the centre of the world's biggest city.

2. = fly-past n.; the passage of an aircraft over (an area).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > over or past

fly-past1914

flyover1931

fly-by1953

overflight1958

fly-through1976

1931 Times 5 Sept. 10/7 The fly-over, though robbed of the excitement of a race, should nevertheless afford a fine spectacle.

1953 Time 30 Mar. 25/1 On his way to England, four other Britons had been killed during a 60-plane ‘flyover’ staged at Gibraltar.

1971 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 2/6 Concorde's approach and fly-over noise was less than that of the..Boeing 707.

Draft additions June 2013

attributive. U.S. colloquial (depreciative). Designating the central regions of the continental United States over which aeroplanes travel on flights between the east and west coasts, regarded as less influential or significant than the urban coastal regions. Frequently in flyover country.

ΚΠ

1980 T. McGuane in Esquire Mar. 83/1 Because we live in flyover country, we try to figure out what is going on elsewhere by subscribing to magazines.

1986 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. 6 Politicians refer to Minnesota and the states that surround it as ‘America's Heartland’, but those who call them the ‘flyover states’ are closer to the mark.

1999 Geogr. Rev. 89 511 Flyover country, as we're known to the coasts. You say to someone you're from Wisconsin and their eyes glaze over.

2011 Investm. News (Nexis) 5 Dec. 24 St. Louis might be brushed off as flyover country by some coast-to-coast travelers, but it has become the final destination for many financial advisers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	flyover
释义	flyovern. Brit. /ˈflʌɪ(ˌ)əʊvə/, U.S. /ˈflaɪˌoʊvər/ Etymology: < verbal phrase to fly over (see fly v.¹ 9c). 1. A railway or road bridge over another (e.g. a local over a main) line or road. Also figurative. Similarly fly-under n. a line or road under another. Both words also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > over lock, road, or railway lock bridge1804 railway bridge1830 overbridge1876 flyover1901 overpass1929 overcross1950 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > fly-over or fly-under flyover1937 fly-under1938 1901 Daily News 5 Jan. 6/5 The junction for the Aldershot branch..is being..rearranged on the ‘fly-over’ system, that is, the down line..remains as it was, but a new one..is being brought over the top of the main line by means of a skew bridge... This ‘fly-over’..will abolish a fruitful source of delay. 1930 Engineering 7 Nov. 596/1 At Cogload Junction a fly-over bridge..will be built. 1937 Daily Express 7 Apr. 8/4 Whitehall's idea now is that great motoring highways be driven across the parks from one end to the other. They would meet at fly-overs, where one road would be built over the other. 1937 Archit. Rev. 81 158 (caption) Fly-over [road] crossing. 1938 Times 26 Jan. 14/4 The council also approved schemes for the construction of a fly-over junction on the Sutton by-pass road at its junction with the Merton–Belmont road. 1938 Times 8 Nov. 11/6 The scheme has involved the construction of a ‘fly-under’ bridge under the present electric lines near North Acton. 1961 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 15/3 ‘Fly-under’ on old railway. 1961 Daily Tel. 30 Aug. 15/3 A stretch of abandoned railway line is to be converted into a ‘fly-under’ junction. 1962 W. Nowottny Lang. Poets Use viii. 183 This kind of symbolic language can use vocabulary that is apparently very simple..but conceals a tracery of fly-overs from literal to metaphorical terrain. 1963 P.M.L.A. Dec. p. vii/2 (list) U.K. flyover: U.S. elevated highway. 1970 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 May 2/3 The fly-over freeway leading from Tokyo International Airport to the centre of the world's biggest city. 2. = fly-past n.; the passage of an aircraft over (an area). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > over or past fly-past1914 flyover1931 fly-by1953 overflight1958 fly-through1976 1931 Times 5 Sept. 10/7 The fly-over, though robbed of the excitement of a race, should nevertheless afford a fine spectacle. 1953 Time 30 Mar. 25/1 On his way to England, four other Britons had been killed during a 60-plane ‘flyover’ staged at Gibraltar. 1971 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 2/6 Concorde's approach and fly-over noise was less than that of the..Boeing 707. Draft additions June 2013 attributive. U.S. colloquial (depreciative). Designating the central regions of the continental United States over which aeroplanes travel on flights between the east and west coasts, regarded as less influential or significant than the urban coastal regions. Frequently in flyover country. ΚΠ 1980 T. McGuane in Esquire Mar. 83/1 Because we live in flyover country, we try to figure out what is going on elsewhere by subscribing to magazines. 1986 Chicago Tribune 21 Dec. 6 Politicians refer to Minnesota and the states that surround it as ‘America's Heartland’, but those who call them the ‘flyover states’ are closer to the mark. 1999 Geogr. Rev. 89 511 Flyover country, as we're known to the coasts. You say to someone you're from Wisconsin and their eyes glaze over. 2011 Investm. News (Nexis) 5 Dec. 24 St. Louis might be brushed off as flyover country by some coast-to-coast travelers, but it has become the final destination for many financial advisers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1901
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