overroof

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A roof constructed above another roof.
    — Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation.
动词 v.
  1. To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure). transitive
  2. To cover like a roof. poetic,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Conducted over rooftops.
    — For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments.

词形变化

overroofs plural over-roof alternative overroofs present,singular,third-person overroofing participle,present overroofed participle,past overroofed past over-roof alternative more overroof comparative most overroof superlative over-roof alternative

词源

词源 1
From over- + roof.
词源 2
From over- + roof.
词源 3
From over- + roof.
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