Overlie

(verb.) kill by lying on; 'The sow overlay her piglets'.

(verb.) lie upon; lie on top of; 'the granite overlies the older rocks'.

安编辑

• Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Overlying or overlapping these Azoic or Arch?ozoic rocks come others, manifestly also very ancient and worn, which do contain traces of life. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• All too frequently it forms another strange world which just overlies the world of personal acquaintance. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He also made very beautiful tiles to overlay walls, stoves, and floors. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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