overland

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A trip by land between the UK and the Indian subcontinent or Australia, or between the UK and South Africa.
动词 v.
  1. To transport (especially sheep or other farm animals) over land. Australia,transitive
    — Not long after, in 1878, Nathaniel Buchanan overlanded cattle from Queensland to Glencoe and Daly River stations in the Northern Territory.
  2. To travel across land. Australia,intransitive
  3. To go on a recreational expedition to a remote destination, often with the aid of an off-road vehicle. intransitive
    — I don't think any of them had done the backpacker thing and certainly hadn't overlanded through Africa before, as we had.
形容词 adj.
  1. By or across land. especially,not-comparable
    — Let's take the overland route.
副词 adv.
  1. Over, across, or by land. not-comparable
    — To prevent this, he practised that none of the Companies servauntes shuld be suffered to goe overland with letters.

词形变化

overlands plural overlands present,singular,third-person overlanding participle,present overlanded participle,past overlanded past

词汇关系

反义词
overwater
衍生词
overlander

词源

词源 1
From over + land.
词源 2
From over + land.
词源 3
From over + land.
词源 4
From over + land.
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