| 释义 |
Adjective: overbearing `owvur'behring- Expecting unquestioning obedience
"insufferably overbearing behaviour toward the waiter"
- authoritarian, dictatorial - Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
Verb: overbear (overbore,overborne) `owvur'behr- Overcome
"overbear criticism, protest, or arguments" - Bear too much
- Contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- bear down
See also: domineering, overbearingly, overbearingness, proud Type of: bear, compact, compress, constrict, contract, dominate, press, squeeze, turn out |