overrun

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹʌn/    美 /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹʌn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance of overrunning. countable,uncountable
    — Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
  2. An instance of overrunning.; A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column. countable,uncountable
  3. The amount by which something overruns. countable,uncountable
    — At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
  4. An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely. countable,uncountable
    — The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.
  5. Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat. countable,uncountable
    — If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor.
动词 v.
  1. To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. transitive
    — But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead.
  2. To infest, swarm over, flow over. transitive
    — The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
  3. To run past; to run beyond. transitive
    — The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
  4. To run past; to run beyond.; To run past the end of. transitive
    — The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
  5. To continue for too long. intransitive
    — The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
  6. To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page. transitive
  7. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond. transitive
    — In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
  8. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. transitive
    — None of them the feeble overren.

词形变化

overruns present,singular,third-person overrunning participle,present overran past overrun participle,past over-run alternative overruns plural over-run alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
overrunner overrun the constable buffer overrun cost overrun

词源

词源 1
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-
English run
English overrun
From over- + run.
词源 2
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-
English run
English overrun
From over- + run.
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