| 单词 | overlapping |
| 释义 | overlapping (once / 4591 pages) n If you have two pieces of something, and one is covering a part of another, then they're overlapping. Remember learning about Venn Diagrams in math class? You know, the two circles drawn overlapping each other, so that there's a space in the middle that they share. No? Well for you non-mathletes, overlapping can be just as simple. Two cookies stacked partially on top of each other are overlapping. And two lives that intersect at a certain point in time? They're overlapping, too. WORD FAMILYoverlapping: overlappings+/overlap: overlapped, overlapping, overlaps USAGE EXAMPLESOverlapping federal and local jurisdictions cause much of the problem. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) Despite reforms under the previous government, Myanmar's land laws are piecemeal and contain overlapping provisions. Reuters(Dec 22, 2016) This combines the 18 percent who get news often from social media with an overlapping 28 percent who get it often from "news websites/apps." Slate(Dec 20, 2016) n covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) Syn|Hyper imbrication, lapping covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
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