overfish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To fish (an area or a species) excessively, often substantially reducing over several years the supply of one or more species of fish in an area. ambitransitive
    — In the 1970s, it become^([sic]) increasingly clear that cod were being overfished in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.

词形变化

overfishes present,singular,third-person overfishing participle,present overfished participle,past overfished past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
Proto-Indo-European *péysks
Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *fisk
Old English fisċ
Middle English fisch
English fish
English overfish
From over- + fish.
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