overshift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.
    — The chart, representing two players, shows how the overshift principle forces the offensive player to traverse a greater distance than the defensive player who is guarding him.
  2. The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too far apart for molecular bonding.
    — The protruding basal oxygens are themselves displaced slightly in the x-direction so that the shift required is either 0.4 + δÅ (overshift) or 0.4 -δ Å (undershift).
  3. A misalignment resulting from shifting gears too far.
    — Back off second speed, overshift stop screw slightly, and determine that speed poppet is seated in notch. Tighten screw to permit a very slight overshift of lever to rear.
  4. A change that results in something being moved too far or too many things being moved.
    — Free migration would result in an overshift of population into urban areas and probably an overshift out of interior regions.
  5. A work period that extends significantly beyond the normal eight-hour shift; An instance of involuntary overtime.
    — Only two overshifts at the outside can be required in one week; and the regular working period must not be increased by more than two hours.
  6. An overhang caused by seismic shift.
    — ... the area has neotectonic characteristics : stiff carbonatic rocks are thrusted and folded each over the other originating inverse faults and overshifts.
  7. An unfitted woman's overgarment.
    — The two slaves who dressed her hurried forward, one with the nearly translucent overshift, the other with the heavy collar of onyx and gold that held it in place.
动词 v.
  1. To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.
    — In addition, overshifting to one side and undershifting to the other may be used as a defensive plan to meet personnel or field problems.
  2. To overshoot when changing gears.
    — The objects of the invention are to automatically throw off the power and to apply the brake in such a manner that it will have no tendency to produce too sudden a stop or to overshift and release before the car has stopped.
  3. To move too great an amount or move something too far.
    — But I think there is this tendency to overshift the responsibility with this doctrine, and that is my genuine concern and why I could not agree to go along with it.
  4. To raise the price to consumers by more than an underlying cost increase that results from rising taxes.
    — Concavity of demand leads to undershifting and sufficient convexity to overshifting.
  5. To replant or repot too soon or too often.
    — We presume it to be a plant requiring to be grown in peat earth, and :to have the pots in which it is, grown well and carefully drained of superfluous water; and we should further suppose it undesirable to overshift it, especially while young, and in an unestablished condition.

词形变化

overshifts plural overshifts present,singular,third-person overshifting participle,present overshifted participle,past overshifted past

词源

词源 1
From over- + shift.
词源 2
From over- + shift.
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