overtake

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/    美 /oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.
    — There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
动词 v.
  1. To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
    — The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
  2. To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc. transitive
    — Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
  3. To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.
    — Our plans were overtaken by events.

词形变化

overtakes present,singular,third-person overtaking participle,present overtook past overtaken participle,past overtakes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overtakable overtakeless overtaker reovertake
相关词
exceed Not to be confused with take over surpass

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.
词源 2
From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.
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