overleap

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əʊvəˈliːp/    美 /oʊvərˈliːp/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To leap over, to jump over, to cross by jumping. transitive
    — Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale she staies, / But overleapes them all, like Robucke light […].
  2. To pass over; to omit, leave out. transitive
    — It should be noted that even modest German efforts to overleap the power-political constraints on imperial expansion met with sturdy resistance from the established world powers.
  3. To make too much effort in leaping; to leap too far. dated,reflexive
    — I overleapt myself and stumbled.

词形变化

overleaps present,singular,third-person overleaping participle,present overleaped participle,past overleaped past overleapt participle,past overleapt past o'erleap alternative,contraction,literary

词源

From Middle English overlepen, from Old English oferhlēapan, equivalent to over- + leap. Compare Dutch overlopen (“to spill over; overflow”), German überlaufen (“to overrun; overflow”).
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