单词
overtake
英 [??v?'te?k]
美[,ov?'tek]
基本信息
- vt. 赶上；压倒；突然来袭
- vi. 超车
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?overtakes;过去式:?overtook;过去分词:?overtaken;现在分词:?overtaking;
助记提示
1、over- "above, beyond; across" + take.
中文词源
overtake 超过
over-,在上，超过，take,拿，取。
英文词源
- overtake (v.)
- "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c., from over- + take (v.). According to OED, originally "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; it finds the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."
双语例句
- 1. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.
- 越线超车时，轿车和一辆厢式货车迎面相撞。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He pulled out to overtake a truck.
- 他驶出车流，以超过一辆卡车。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I had to walk very fast to overtake you.
- 我不得不快走才能赶过你.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. No one could overtake him.
- 没有人能超过他.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
- 他正要驶离车流超前面那人的车。
来自柯林斯例句
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