单词 | overhit |
释义 | overhit in British English (ˌəʊvəˈhɪt) verbWord forms: -hits, -hitting or -hit 1. to hit too strongly 2. (transitive) to hit further than intended overhit in American English (ˌouvərˈhɪt) intransitive verbWord forms: -hit, -hitting Sport to hit too hard or too far, as in tennis Word origin [1810–20; over- + hit]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: dynamic, keyboard, liberalism, nihilism, unitaryover- 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 distinctlyExamples of 'overhit' in a sentence |
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