overwrite

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əʊ.vəˈɹaɪt/    美 /oʊ.vɚˈɹaɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The operation of destroying older data by recording new data over it.
    — Tab to the number specifying the number of overwrites and enter a number between 1 and 9.
动词 v.
  1. To destroy (older) data by recording new data over it. transitive
    — I accidentally saved my unwanted changes and overwrote the version of the document I wanted to keep.
  2. To cover in writing; to write over the top of. transitive
  3. To write too much. ambitransitive
    — Many trainees consider that by increasing the length of the piece they will construct a good feature. This is often not the case and overwriting can lead to vague and muddled features that confuse the reader and ultimately lose their interest.
  4. To write in an unnecessarily complicated or florid way; to produce purple prose. ambitransitive
    — The Times of course has to pay the price of encyclopaedism by being often dreadfully overwritten, with long paragraphs connected by motley conjunctions.

词形变化

overwrites present,singular,third-person overwriting participle,present overwrote past overwritten participle,past overwrites plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overwritable overwriteable overwriter

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 write
English overwrite
From over- + write.
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 write
English overwrite
From over- + write.
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