overtake

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vt. 赶上, 突然降临于, 压倒, 代替

发音

UK /əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/
其它
CA /oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/
US /oʊ̯vɚˈteɪ̯k/
其它
UK /ˈəʊ̯vəːteɪ̯k/
CA /ˈoʊ̯vɚteɪ̯k/
US /ˈoʊ̯vɚteɪ̯k/

词形变化

overtakes 复数 overtaken overtakes 三单 overtakes overtaketh overtaking overtook overtaking 现在分词 overtook 过去式 overtaken 过去式 overtaken 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

赶上；压倒；突然来袭

动词

超车

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.

    There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

    超

    赛过

    The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.

    The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.

  2. 2.

    To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.

    及物

    Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.

  3. 3.

    To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.

    Our plans were overtaken by events.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

catch pass overcome overwhelm overpower overhaul whelm

上位词 10

go move fire raise travel progress advance provoke goon arouse

下位词 10

kill clear top lock seize clutch stagger devastate get by get hold of

近义相关 2

make catch

词源

From Middle English overtaken, likely a replacement alteration (as the Middle English verb taken replaced nimen (“to take”)), of Middle English overnimen (“to overtake”), from Old English oferniman (“to take by surprise, overtake”), equivalent to over- + take.

来源：wiktionary