| 单词 | overstrew |
| 释义 | overstrew in British English (ˌəʊvəˈstruː) verb (transitive) to scatter over overstrew in American English (ˌouvərˈstruː) transitive verbWord forms: -strewed, -strewn or -strewed, -strewing to strew or scatter over Word origin [1560–70; over- + strew]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulb, bump, identity, radial, ritualover- 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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