overpeer

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To peer over; to overlook.
    — […] the English, in the suburbs close intrench’d, Wont, through a secret grate of iron bars In yonder tower, to overpeer the city, And thence discover how with most advantage They may vex us with shot, or with assault.
  2. To rise above. figuratively
    — The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than Young Laertes, in a riotous head, O’erbears Your offices.

词形变化

overpeers present,singular,third-person overpeering participle,present overpeered participle,past overpeered past

词源

From over- + peer.
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