| 单词 | overtake |
| 释义 | overtake transitive verb 1. a. (1) < the next cart they overtook — F.V.W.Mason > (2) < not for several months could the printers overtake the demand — I.M.Price > < already overtaking Britain in steel production — Giorgio de Santillana > < overtaken and easily passed by Berlin — Times Literary Supplement > (3) chiefly Britain b. < within four years it overtook all other American bands by leaps and bounds — Ann M. Lingg > specifically chiefly Britain < got behind a lorry and could not overtake it for miles > 2. < overtaken by a sudden and vicious blizzard — Richard Thruelsen > < a strange adventure overtook him — British Book Centre > < changes and contrasts that have overtaken England — S.P.B.Mais > < when calamities overtake the King — Donald Harrington > 3. a. chiefly Scotland < who married, or rather was overtaken — R.M.Macandrew > b. archaic 4. intransitive verb chiefly Britain < never attempt to overtake on the crest of a hill — Noreen Routledge > |
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