overthrow

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əʊvəˈθɹəʊ/    美 /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force; usurpation. countable,uncountable
    — Once more I come to know of thee King Harry, / If for thy Ranſome thou wilt now compound, / Before thy moſt aſſured Ouerthrow: […]
  2. A throw that goes too far.
    — [A]n energy shift accompanies the onset of emotion. Failure to recognize this can lead to disruptions in performance. A quarterback who fails to acknowledge his excitement in a big game is prone to countless overthrows until the excitement has subsided.
  3. An act of throwing something to the ground; an overturning. archaic,countable,rare,uncountable
  4. A throw that goes too far.; A run scored by the batting side when a fielder throws the ball back to the infield, whence it continues to the opposite outfield.
动词 v.
  1. To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp. transitive
    — I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
  2. To throw (something) so that it goes too far. intransitive,transitive
    — He overthrew first base, for an error.
  3. To throw down to the ground, to overturn. archaic,transitive
    — And he [Jesus] made a ſcourge off ſmale cordes / and drave thē all out off the temple / bothe ſhepe and oxen / ãd powred doune the changers money / and overthrue their tables.

词形变化

overthrows present,singular,third-person overthrowing participle,present overthrew past overthrown participle,past overthrows plural overthrows present,singular,third-person overthrowing participle,present overthrew past overthrown participle,past overthrows plural

词汇关系

上位词
downfall usurpation
衍生词
overthrowable overthrowal overthrower
并列词
collapse

词源

词源 1
From Middle English overthrowen, equivalent to over- + throw. Compare Dutch overdraaien, German überdrehen, Old English oferweorpan (“to overthrow”).
For the noun sense, compare Middle English overthrow, overthrowe (“destruction, downfall”), from the verb.
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 throw
English overthrow
From over- + throw.
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