lord over

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lord, over: to act as a lord or boss in relation to (someone or something). transitive
    — But if you think that you can lord over him, then he is going to lord over you — he'll be your lord and master with force.
  2. To dominate; to have the most prominent position among.
    — It sat at the highest point, at the very top of the hill, visible from every marker and tombstone in the cemetery, a brooding Gothic castle-in-miniature that seemed to lord over the lesser sites like the abode of a medieval prince.
  3. To use something as evidence of one's superiority over.
    — If by chance they come across his method [of study], they inevitably use it to lord over common scholars, with the result that others look up to them in awe.

词形变化

lords over present,singular,third-person lording over participle,present lorded over participle,past lorded over past
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