单词 | overstride |
释义 | overstridev. 1. a. To cross over or traverse by striding; (occasionally) to trample down by striding. Also in figurative context.In quot. c1450 used intransitively. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel across or beyond to come overeOE overfareOE overstridea1200 overgoc1225 to go over1415 cross1486 forpass1486 to make over1488 to put over1590 to make through1606 traject1711 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread with long steps > step across with a stride overstridea1200 pouter1568 stride1575 bestridec1600 straddle1678 straddle1863 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 111 (MED) Here he cumeð stridende fro dune to dune and ouer strit þe cnolles. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 5477 Ouire-stride þar any strange man..Þai droȝe þam doun in-to þe depe. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxvi. 68 You must looke..amongest the fearnes and small twigges the whiche he hath ouerstridden. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh4v The Gardin of Adonis..Was..Girt in with two walls on either side;..That none might thorough breake, nor ouer-stride. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation i. 68 If you would know the height and thickness of the Hart, observe his Entries and Galleries into the Thickets, and what Boughs he hath over-stridden. 1726 H. Baker Second Part Orig. Poem 90 Monster huge! Whole Nations over-striding, stalks along. 1792 T. Dermody Poems 21 Seize the strong instruments of toil amain, O'erstride the bending stalk, and breathe the scented air. 1851 Amer. Whig Rev. Oct. 351/2 America will do nothing unladylike, thank God. She will not overstride the world to plunder and maltreat it. 1862 J. Richardson Mus. Nat. Hist. 171/2 The habits of the Chamois are wild and impetuous, like the torrents which it overstrides in rapid flight. 1916 C. M. Doughty Titans iii. 62 Hill-rows, which thwart their path, they overstride. 2002 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 19 Sept. (Sports section) 124 I just think you've got to make sure not to overstride your boundaries. b. transitive. To straddle; to stand or sit with one leg on either side of. Also in extended use. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > position specific body part [verb (transitive)] > legs or feet stride13.. overstride?a1513 straddle1565 bestridea1616 plait1616 plet1619 bestraddle1807 straddle1823 spraddle1913 a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 207 Strait Gibbonis air, that nevir ourstred ane hors. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 541 From the one he could to th' other coast Stretch his strong thighes, and th' Ocean overstride. 1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iii. 103 How gaily smil'd upon the tranquil flood, Seen from the bridge that overstrides the vale. 1840 G. Darley Thomas à Becket ii. iii. 33 My very frame seems grown gigantical! I feel as I could overstride the earth—Yea, grasp heaven's ruling orbs in my two hands! 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 107 The Great Protector..overstrides others, and stands like a colossus in the chariot of State. 2. transitive. Chiefly literary. To stride past or beyond; (figurative) to go beyond, to exceed. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] overstyeOE overshinec1175 overgoc1225 passc1225 surmountc1369 forpassc1374 overmatcha1375 overpassa1382 to pass overa1393 overcomec1400 outpass?a1425 exceedc1425 precedec1425 superexcelc1429 transcendc1430 precel?a1439 outcut1447 overgrowc1475 to come over ——a1479 excel1493 overleapa1500 vanquish1533 outweigh1534 prevent1540 better1548 preferc1550 outgo1553 surpassa1555 exsuperate1559 cote1566 overtop1567 outrun1575 outstrip1579 outsail1580 overruna1586 pre-excel1587 outbid1589 outbrave1589 out-cote1589 top1590 outmatch1593 outvie1594 superate1595 surbravec1600 oversile1608 over-height1611 overstride1614 outdoa1616 outlustrea1616 outpeera1616 outstrikea1616 outrival1622 antecede1624 out-top1624 antecell1625 out-pitch1627 over-merit1629 outblazea1634 surmatch1636 overdoa1640 overact1643 outact1644 worst1646 overspana1657 outsoar1674 outdazzle1691 to cut down1713 ding1724 to cut out1738 cap1821 by-pass1848 overtower1850 pretergress1851 outray1876 outreach1879 cut1884 outperform1937 outrate1955 one-up1963 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [verb (transitive)] > move beyond > step beyond overstride1614 overtreadc1620 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) transcenda1340 exceedc1374 overwenda1375 overpassa1382 passc1390 to pass beyond ——1429 outreacha1568 overlash1581 pretergress1583 outrun1589 overslipa1592 surpass1592 to step over ——1599 outstep?1611 outstrip1612 overrun1612 outpass1635 pose1636 over-burst1856 overact1858 overstride1925 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia vii. 290 He is not yet come to his haight; Nor to that supreme humane pride That will all honour ouer-stride. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies ii. vii. 28 Now our Opposites doe farre overmatch us and overstride us in contention. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 53 Such a seedsman doth overstride his cast and thereupon cometh the lande to bee soe hopper-galde. 1865 W. J. Linton Claribel & Other Poems 236 I'd overstride thee, wast thou king and I Love's meanest slave. 1925 Glasgow Herald 5 Nov. 11/2 In conception and in achievement it [sc. the British Empire Exhibition] overstrode the confines of mere commercial partisanship. 1955 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 14 216 Once confronted and transferred to canvas, the ego has in some measure rationalized chaos and overstridden it. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > tread with long steps > outdo in striding outstride1616 overstridea1648 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 32 To teach men how farre they may stretch out theire Feete when they would make a thrust..least either they overstride themselves, or not striding farr enough faile to bring the poynt of theire weapon home. b. intransitive. To take longer strides than is natural, usual, or advisable. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with long steps > longer than natural overstride1899 1899 Westm. Gaz. 5 Jan. 9/1 For the first couple of miles I thought he was ‘over-striding’, but I soon found that the stride was his natural one. 1928 Times 7 May 7/3 A tendency to over-stride perhaps loses him [sc. the bowler D. V. Hill] a little in the matter of accuracy. 1975 New Yorker 23 June 43/3 I kept thinking that at any moment the sluggers of the Big Red Machine would stop overstriding and overswinging against such unintimidating deliveries. 2002 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nexis) 20 May (Sports section) 8 c Freshman Josh Spiker began to overstride down the backstretch and tumbled with 30 meters to go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1200 |
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