| 单词 | overhang |
| 释义 | overhang v. /oh'veuhr hang"/; n. /oh"veuhr hang'/, v. , overhung, overhanging, n. v.t. 1. to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom. 2. to extend, project, or jut over: A wide balcony overhangs the garden. 3. to impend over or threaten, as danger or evil; loom over: The threat of war overhung Europe. 4. to spread throughout; permeate; pervade: the melancholy that overhung the proceedings. 5. Informal. to hover over, as a threat or menace: Unemployment continues to overhang the economic recovery. v.i. 6. to hang over; project or jut out over something below: How far does the balcony overhang? n. 7. something that extends or juts out over; projection. 8. the extent of projection, as of the bow of a ship. 9. Informal. an excess or surplus: an overhang of office space in midtown. 10. a threat or menace: to face the overhang of foreign reprisals. 11. Archit. a projecting upper part of a building, as a roof or balcony. [1590-1600; OVER- + HANG] |
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