overmatch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A match in which one opponent is greatly superior to the other.
    — […] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.
  2. An opponent who is more than a match for another; one who cannot be defeated.
    — For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.
动词 v.
  1. To match more than intended. intransitive,transitive
    — The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.
  2. To be more than equal to or a match for, to surpass; hence, to conquer, vanquish.
    — And wel his merits ſhew him to be made His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men. That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch, With reaſons of his valour and his life, A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes:
  3. To marry (someone) to a superior. transitive
    — If a yeoman have one sole daughter, he must overmatch her, above her birth and calling, to a gentleman forsooth, because of her great portion […]

词形变化

overmatches present,singular,third-person overmatching participle,present overmatched participle,past overmatched past overmatches plural

词汇关系

反义词
undermatch
衍生词
overmatched

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- + match.
词源 2
From Middle English overmacchen, equivalent to over- + match.
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