was just her imagination
worfcing overtime•没什么可担
心的。那只是她的想象力太丰富了。
overtired /.auva'taiad; NAmE
.ouvar'taiard/ adj. ex- tremely tired, so that you become
irritated easily 劳累
过度（而烦躁）的
overtone/'aovataun; NAmE'ouwsrtoun/
noun [usually pi.] an attitude or an
emotion that is suggested and is not expressed in a direct way弦外之音；言外之意；暗示：
There
were political overtones to the point he was making•他的论点有政治含义。一compare undertone
overtook
pt of overtake
overtrain /.auva'trein; NArnE .ouver't-/ verb [V] (of an athlete■运命员)to
train too hard or for too.long过度
训练
overture /'auvatXua(r); -tjua{r); NAmE 'ouvsrtjar; -tjur/ noun 1 a piece of music written as an
introduction to an OPERA or a BALLET (歌剧或芭舍舞的）序曲，前奏
曲：Profcq/i^v’s overture to 灾〇爪6〇 and
Jufet’ 普罗科菲
耶夫的《罗密欧与朱,丽叶》的序曲2 [咖ally(to sb) a suggestion or an
action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have
discussions, etc. with sb else.革奸姿态；建议：片e. began making overtures
to a number of merchant banks.
一些投资银行接触。
overturn /,0uva't3：n; NAmE ,omar't3：ml verb 1 if sth overturns, or
if sb overturns it, it turns upside down or on its side 倾倒；倾覆；翻 $: [V] The car skidded
and overturned. % 打 翻佳j f。◊ [VN】 He stood up
qm’cfcZy,
overturning his chair.他猛然站起来，弄翻了侖
■字。2 [VN]『to officially decide that a legal decision
etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer valid 推翻， 撤销（判决等）：to overturn a
decisfon/convfction/ verdict 撤销决定
/
定罪/__决◊ His sentence
was overturned by the appear court.上诉
庭撤销了 对他的 判决。
overuse /.auva'juiz; NAmE .ouver'j-/ verb [VN] to use sth too much or
too often 使用过度；滥用：‘Nice’ is a very overused word. * nice —词甩得实在太滥了> ► over-use /.auva'juis; NAmE .ouvar'j-/ noun [U, sing.] overvalue/.auva'vaelju:; NAmE .ouvar'v-/ verb [VN]{〇ften
passive]’ to
put too higli a value on sth 估计过高;.过于重
视：JnteHigence camiot be overvalued 智力是无比重要
恥。◊
(fcws/ziess■商）overvaZued currencies/stocfcs.估价过 高的货J15/股票
overview /'auvevju:; NAmE 'ouvarv-/ noun a general description or an outline of sth
概述；纵览；概论；概况
BDE1
SURVEY
over-ween-ing /.auva'wiimrj; NAmE .ouvar'w-/ adj. [only before noun] (formal, disapproving)
showing
too much confidence or pride傲慢必;自负的；过于i信的
ARROGANT
overweight /.auva'weit; NAmE
.ouvar'w-/ adj. 1 {of people 人)too heavy and fat 太胖的；超重的：She was onily a/ew
pounds overweight. “只是超重几膀而已。
r«m underweight 2 above
an allowed weight 超过限
制重量的；过重的：overweight baggage超重的行李 overwhelm /.auva'welm; NAmE
.ouvar'w-/ verb [vn]
[often passive] 1 to have such a strong
emotional effect on sb that it is difficult for them to resist or know how to
react (感情或感觉）充溢，难以禁受BQZIover- come： She was
overwhelmed by feelings of guilt. 到愧疚难当。◊ The beauty 〇/ the landscape overwfteim- ed
me.秀丽的风光令我_深地陶醉。2 to defeat sb
completely 压倒；击败；征服 HT1 overpower： The army was overwhelmed by the
rebek.军队被叛乱者完
全击败.了。. 3 to be so bad or so
great that a person cannot deal with it; to give too much of a thing to a
person 压•跨；使应接不暇：We were overvvheimed
by requests /or in/ormarion•问讯使我们应接不暇。
4 (//Yera/y) (of water 水）to cover sb/sth
completely 淹 没；漫过033 flood
over-whelm-ing /.auva'welmir)； NAmE .ouvar'w-/ adj. very great or very
strong; so powerful that you cannot resist it or decide how to react 巨大的；压倒性的；无法
抗拒的：’The evidence against him
was overvvheZming.对
他不利的证据无法抵赖。◊ TTie
overwhdmfng majority
〇/ those
present were in/avour 〇/the
pkm.绝大多数与会
套都赞同这个计划。◊ an overwhelming sense 〇/〖oss莫 大的失落感◊ She had the
aimost ovenv/zeZming desire to teZZ him the truth.她恨不得要告诉他实情。◊ Ybu may ^ncHt somewhat overvv/idming at起初你可能觉得 .它有些无法抗拒。►overwhelnving•丨yfldv.: rhey voted
overvWiefmingiy against the proposal.他们.以压倒多数票
反对这项提案。
overwinter/•aov9,wmta(r);
A/Amf •ouvar’w-/ VN]
(of animals, birds and plants
鸟兽和植物）to spend the winter
months in a place; to stay alive or to keep sth alive during the winter (使）越冬，度过冬天一compare winter v.
overwork /,0UV0'w3：k; NAmE ,ouv0r'w3：rk/ verb, noun ■ verb to work too hard;
to make a person or an animal work too hard (使）ji度劳累，过分努力：[V] Ybu Zoofc .tired.
Have you been ovenvorfdng?•你似乎很疲倦，是不
是近来劳累过度了？ ◊
[VN] She overworks her sta#她让 员工过度劳累。
_ noun [U] the fact of working too hard 劳累过度；过分辛
苦：His illness was brought on by money worries and overwork.他的病是因操心钱和劳累过度而造成的。
overworked /,9uv0'w3：kt; NAmE ,ouv8r'w3：rkt/ adj. 1 made to work too
hard or too much 工作过多尚；务 累过度的：overworked nurses劳累过度知护士 2 (of
words or phrases 词语）used too often so that
tiie meaning or effect has become weaker 用得过滥的；滥 而无效的_
overwrite /.aova'rait; NAmE .ouvar'r-/ verb (over*wrote /-'raut; NAmE -'rout/, over-writ-ten /-'ntn/) [VN] (computing if) to replace information
on the screen or in a file by putting new information over it 盖写；重写 overwrought /.auva'rort; NAmE .ouvar'r-/ adj. very worried and upset; excited in a
nervous way 过..度紧娘
的;样，忧烦的；紧张激动的033 distraught over-zeal-ous /.auva'zelas; NAmE .ouvar'z-/ adj. show- ing too much energy
or enthusiasm 过于热心尚；激情
过高的：An ovenseaWus security guard checked
I’nsfde the bab/s botrte. —名过手尽职的保妾打开了婴儿的奶瓶
来查看。
ovi-duct /'auvidAkt; NAmE 'ou-/ noun [anatomy either of the tubes that carry eggs from
the ovaries in .women and female
animals 输卵管
ovine
/'auvam;
NAmE 'ou-/ adj. {technical relating to sheep羊的；与羊有关的
ovip-arous /au'viparas; NAmE ou-/ adj. {biology ^.) (of an animal 动物）producing eggs rather
than live babies 卵生的一compare ovoviviparous, viviparous ovoid /'auvoid; NAmE 'ou-/ adj. (formal) shaped like an egg蛋形的；卵形的► ovpid nw/i ovo-vi-vip-ar-ous /.euvauvi'viparas; NAmE .ouvou-/ adj. (fc/o/ogy 生).(of an animal 劫物）producing babies by
means of eggs that are hatched
inside the body of the parent，like some snakes 卵胎 '生的一compare
OVIPAROUS,
VIVIPAROUS
ovu-late
/’Dvjulert;
AMmf ’arv-/ verfc [V] (of a woman or a_female animal ic性或雌性动物）to produce an egg
(=called an ovum) from the ovary 产卵；排卵_〇乂11- la*tion /.Dviuleijn; NAmE ,a:v-/ noun [uj ： methods of predicting ovu〖arion预测排釦的方法
ovule
/'Dvjuil;
'au-; NAmE 'ou-/ noun {biology 4.) the part of the ovary of a plant containing the female
cell, which becomes the seed when it is fertilized
胚珠
—picture
plant
ovum /'auvam; NAmE 'ou-/ noun {pi. ova /'auva; NAmE 'ouve/) (biology a female cell of an
animal or a plant that can develop into a young animal or plant when FERTILIZED卵；卵子；卵细胞
ow
/au/
exclamation used to express sudden
pain (表■示
疼痛）哎呦：OvW I7iat hurt/哎呦!疼死我了！
OWe /au; NAmE ou/ verb (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时）
1 ~
sth (to sb) (for sth) | ~ (sb) sth (for sth) to have to pay sb for
sth that you have already received or return money that you have borrowed 欠「债，）；欠（账卜■: [VNN, VN]
She stiH owes her/at/ier £3 000.她还欠父亲
3
000 英镑。◊ She sriH owes £3 000 to her/ather.她立