请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 overstride
释义

overstridev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstrʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstraɪd/
Inflections: Past tense overstrode; past participle overstridden;
Forms: see over- prefix and stride v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, stride v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + stride v. Compare Middle Low German ȫverstrīden.
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.
a. transitive (reflexive). To take an excessively long stride, so as to lose one's balance. Obsolete. rare.
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
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/12 3:10:09