overhanging是什么意思？

overhanging

英[əʊvə'hæŋɪŋ] 美[oʊvə'hæŋɪŋ]

• v. 伸出，悬挂于…之上( overhang的现在分词 )；

例句

• Few people can climb up to the sheer precipices and overhanging rocks. 悬崖绝壁很少有人能登上去.
• He reached up for an overhanging branch. 他伸手去够悬在头顶上的树枝。
• Tiny streams echo in enormous overhanging alcoves. 小溪流的回声在巨大而突出的凹壁中回荡.
• Don had a hefty roll of flab overhanging his waistband. 唐的腰间沉甸甸地坠着一圈赘肉。
• Alexis walked up the coast, and resumed his reading in the shade of an overhanging cliff. 亚历克西斯顺着海岸前行，走到一处悬崖下的阴凉地又重新开始阅读。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  悬于…之上；凸出于…之上
  If one thing overhangs another, it sticks out over and above it.
  例句
  Part of the rock wall overhung the path at one point... 石墙的一部分在某处悬于小路的上方。 These restored houses overhang a system of quiet canals. 这些修葺一新的房屋俯视着静静流淌的运河河网。
• N-COUNT
  垂悬物；凸出物
  An overhang is the part of something that sticks out over and above something else.
  例句
  A sharp overhang of rock gave them cover... 一块凸出来的尖利岩石成了他们的避身之所。 There is a wide veranda under the overhang of the roof. 悬吊的屋顶下是一条宽阔的游廊。
• VERB
  搭挂在…之上
  If one thing overhangs another, it is supported by it and hangs down its sides.
  例句
  Let the pastry overhang the rim and brush between the layers with the melted butter. 用油酥面皮盖住边缘，每层之间抹些熔化的黄油。