vt. 使失色，使阴暗，夺去…的光辉，遮阴；

[例句] Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission...

[例句] Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.

n. [解]卵巢，[植]子房；

adj. 假的，虚伪的；n. [口]假冒的人，伪君子；

[例句] ...pseudo-intellectual images.

int. （表示恐惧、惊讶、疑虑等）噢，啊，哎呀，冠于人名前，起呼语作用；

[例句] 'Had you seen the car before?' — 'Oh yes, it was always in the drive.'...

[例句] 'Would you like me to phone and explain the situation?' — 'Oh, would you?'...

adj. 椭圆形的，卵形的；n. 椭圆形，椭圆运动场（等），椭圆，美式足球用球，[物]卵形线；

[例句] He was a man in his late thirties, with fine, dark hair and a pale oval face.

[例句] ...the small oval framed picture of a little boy.

n. 占有人，居住者；

[例句] Most of the occupants had left before the fire broke out...

[例句] The filing cabinets had all gone with the previous occupants.

adj. 轨道的，眼窝的；

[例句] ...a new orbital road round Paris.

[例句] The newly discovered world followed an orbital path unlike that of any other planet.

n. 独创性，创造性，匠心，独到之处，新颖；

[例句] The original plan was to hold an indefinite stoppage...

[例句] The inhabitants have voted overwhelmingly to restore the city's original name of Chemnitz.

vt.& vi. 骨化，硬化，使僵化；

[例句] It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry...

[例句] British society tended to ossify and close ranks as the 1930s drew to their close.

vt. 偶然听到，无意中听到，偷听；vi. 无意中听到，偷听到；

[例句] I overheard two doctors discussing my case.

[例句] ...snatches of overheard conversation.

n. 郊外，市郊，郊区，从外围经过，边缘；

[例句] Hours later we reached the outskirts of New York.

adj. 眼睛的，适于眼睛的，用眼的，视觉的；n. 目镜；

[例句] Other ocular signs include involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyeball.

adj. （尤指动物）杂食性的，肉草兼食的，对任何事物均感兴趣的，什么书都看的；

[例句] Brown bears are omnivorous, eating anything that they can get their paws on.

[例句] As a child, Coleridge developed omnivorous reading habits.

n. 眩晕，头晕；

[例句] If you have vertigo it seems as if the whole room is spinning round you...

[例句] He had a dreadful attack of vertigo.

adv. 起初，原来，独创地，独出心裁地，自来，本；

[例句] The plane has been kept in service far longer than originally intended...

[例句] France originally refused to sign the treaty...

n. （声音）渐强；

[例句] She spoke in a crescendo: 'You are a bad girl! You are a wicked girl! You are evil!'...

[例句] The crescendo of noise was continuous...

adj. 过期的，延误的，迟到的，未兑的，早应完成的；

[例句] This debate is long overdue...

[例句] I'll go home and pay an overdue visit to my mother.

n. 软膏，药膏，油膏；

[例句] A range of ointments and creams is available for the treatment of eczema...

[例句] He received ointment for his flaking skin.

vt. 求爱，求婚，争取…的支持；vi. 求爱，恳求；

[例句] They wooed customers by offering low interest rates...

[例句] They are trying to woo back electoral support.

vt. 踏过，逾越，超出…的限度；

[例句] The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority...

[例句] In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.