overleave

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leave which exceeds the approved or prescribed amount of time. uncountable
    — [...] Absence without leave (including overleave and desertion).
动词 v.
  1. To leave (something) over; cause to remain or be left. transitive
    — And of such force was this verity, so fresh and recent in men's memory, that amongst so many enemies of his, that lay in wait to overleave him with lies, no one was thenceforth found who could refell [deny] these words of Campion.
  2. To remain; be left over. intransitive

词形变化

overleaves present,singular,third-person overleaving participle,present overleft participle,past overleft past

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English overleven, from Old English oferlǣfan (“to leave over; be left over, remain”), equivalent to over- + leave.
词源 2
From over- + leave (“permission, furlough”).
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