单词 | overclothes |
释义 | overclothes in American English (ˈoʊvərˌkloʊðz) plural noun outerwear overclothes in American English (ˌouvərˌklouz, -ˌklouðz) noun (used with a plural v.) clothing worn outside other garments Word origin [1855–60; over- + clothes]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: keyword, lavabo, pipeline, specialist, superheatover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly |
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