overshadow

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/    美 /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To obscure something by casting a shadow. transitive
    — While he thus ſpake, there came a cloud, and ouerſhadowed them, ⁊ they feared, as they entred into the cloude.
  2. To dominate something and make it seem insignificant. transitive
    — A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
  3. To shelter or protect. transitive

词形变化

overshadows present,singular,third-person overshadowing participle,present overshadowed participle,past overshadowed past

词汇关系

衍生词
overshadower overshadowingly overshadowment

词源

From Middle English overschadwen, overschadewe, from Old English ofersċeadwian (“to overshadow”), equivalent to over- + shadow. Compare with West Frisian oerskaduwe (“to overshadow”), Dutch overschaduwen (“to overshadow”), German überschatten (“to overshadow”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌳𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ufarskadwjan, “to overshadow”), and more distantly, Old Norse yfirskyggja (“to overshadow”), Danish overskygge (“to overshadow”), Swedish överskugga (“to overshadow”), Old English ofersċūwan (“to overshadow”).
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