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词汇 overset
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Definition of overset in English:

overset

verboversetting, oversets əʊvəˈsɛtˌoʊvərˈsɛt
[with object]dated
  • 1Overturn.

    〈古〉打翻;使翻转

    he overset the primus stove while cooking his supper
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘She overset my trigonometry,’ Burns complained, ‘and set me off at a tangent from the sphere of my studies.’
    • The Scriv. overset his cucurbit of corn mash with a jaundiced expletive.
    • If, but only if, the SENT has gone wrong in law will the High Court overset its judgment.
    • Her motion overset the ink bottle, flooding the seventh grain of rice.
    • One is that the reasoning in Enderby, on which it is explicitly founded, was overset by the European Court of Justice.
    Synonyms
    overturn, turn over, tip over, roll over, upturn, capsize, turn topsy-turvy
  • 2Upset emotionally.

    使心烦意乱

    the small kindness nearly overset her again

    一点点好意差点儿又使她心烦意乱起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He coughed, slightly overset by her uh, frank discussion of his private… matters.
    • ‘Joel has overset her, altogether.’
    • The shock overset her not-too-well-balanced mind.
    Synonyms
    upset, overturn, topple over, turn over, throw over, knock over, push over, knock down, upend, invert, capsize, turn topsy-turvy

Definition of overset in US English:

overset

verbˌoʊvərˈsɛtˌōvərˈset
[with object]dated
  • 1Overturn.

    〈古〉打翻;使翻转

    he jumped up and overset the canoe

    他跳了起来弄翻了独木舟。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her motion overset the ink bottle, flooding the seventh grain of rice.
    • The Scriv. overset his cucurbit of corn mash with a jaundiced expletive.
    • One is that the reasoning in Enderby, on which it is explicitly founded, was overset by the European Court of Justice.
    • ‘She overset my trigonometry,’ Burns complained, ‘and set me off at a tangent from the sphere of my studies.’
    • If, but only if, the SENT has gone wrong in law will the High Court overset its judgment.
    Synonyms
    overturn, turn over, tip over, roll over, upturn, capsize, turn topsy-turvy
  • 2Upset emotionally.

    使心烦意乱

    the small kindness nearly overset her again

    一点点好意差点儿又使她心烦意乱起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The shock overset her not-too-well-balanced mind.
    • He coughed, slightly overset by her uh, frank discussion of his private… matters.
    • ‘Joel has overset her, altogether.’
    Synonyms
    upset, overturn, topple over, turn over, throw over, knock over, push over, knock down, upend, invert, capsize, turn topsy-turvy
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