oversea

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
/ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/|[ˌəʊ̯.vəˈsiː]    /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsi/|[ˌoʊ̯.vɚˈsi]|/ˌɐʉ.vəˈsiː/|[ˌɐʉ̯.vɐˈsiː]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of overseas. UK,alt-of,alternative,not-comparable
    — It was the biggest thing in the town, and everybody I met was full of it. They were going to run an over-sea empire, and make no end of coin by trade.
副词 adv.
  1. Alternative form of overseas. UK,alt-of,alternative,not-comparable

词源

词源 1
From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
词源 2
From Middle English over-se, over see, ouer sea, from Old English ofer sǣ (literally “over/across (the) sea”); equivalent to over + sea. Compare West Frisian oerseesk, Dutch overzee, German Übersee, Danish oversøisk.
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