overboard是什么意思
- 英式英标[\'ovɚbɔrd]
- 美式音标[\'əʊvəbɔːd]
adv. 自船上落下;向船外
adj. 极其热心的;全身心投入的
英文词源
- overboard (adv.)
- "over the side of a ship," Old English ofor bord, from over + bord "side of a ship" (see board (n.2)). Figurative sense of "excessively, beyond one's means" (especially in phrase go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.
中文解释
1. over- "outer" + board "side of a ship".2. 含义:outer of the side of a ship, over the side of a ship.3. 也就是越过船舷向外。4. 由此也引申出了引申义:过度、过分(超过了常规的、正常的界限,都越出船舷了,很显然就越出界限了).
实用例句
- 1. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore.
- 他在纽约港跳下船,游上了岸。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson.
- 他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中,溺水身亡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers.
- 女性有时因过度使用磨砂膏而损伤了皮肤。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis.
- 他们在这场危机中丢弃了中立立场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mary has gone overboard for some new Eastern religions.
- 玛丽现已迷上一种新的东方宗教.
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