overhear

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hear something that was not meant for one's ears. ambitransitive
    — I was hanging clothes in the garden and I overheard the neighbours talking about Sheila's pregnancy.

词形变化

overhears present,singular,third-person overhearing participle,present overheard participle,past overheard past

词源

From Middle English overheren, from Old English oferhīeran (“to overhear, hear, disobey, disregard, neglect”), equivalent to over- + hear. Cognate with Dutch overhoren (“to hear, hear about”), German überhören (“to not hear, ignore”), Danish overhøre (“to overhear”), Icelandic yfirheyra (“to hear”), Gothic *𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*ufarhausjan, “to disregard, disobey”) (in 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ufarhauseins)).
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