overbear
英 [??v?'be?]
美
- vt. 壓服；克服
- vi. 結實過多
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?overbears;過去式:?overbore;過去分詞:?overborne;現在分詞:?overbearing;
英文詞源
- overbear (v.)
- late 14c., "to carry over," from over- + bear (v.). Meaning "to bear down by weight of physical force" is from 1535 (in Coverdale), originally nautical, of an overwhelming wind; figurative sense of "to overcome and repress by power, authority, etc." is from 1560s.