overbuild

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To perform excessive construction on a building or in an area. ambitransitive
    — c. 1962, Philip Larkin on John Betjeman How much more interesting & worth writing about Betjeman's subjects are than most other modern poets, I mean, whether so-and-so achieves some metaphysical inner unity is not really so interesting to us as the overbuilding' of rural Middlesex.
  2. To build over or on top of another structure. transitive
    — The architect wanted to overbuild the restaurant on top of an office.
  3. To build with excessive size or elaboration. transitive
  4. To construct more buildings than necessary in an area. intransitive

词形变化

overbuilds present,singular,third-person overbuilding participle,present overbuilt participle,past overbuilt past

词汇关系

反义词
underbuild
衍生词
overbuilder

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
Old English bytlan
Middle English bylden
English build
English overbuild
From over- + build.
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