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词汇 overground
释义 overground
adjective, adverb
uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈɡraʊnd/ us /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɡraʊnd/

overgroundadjective, adverb (ABOVE GROUND)


above the surface of the earth:
It's much better to put cables overground than underground.
After a couple of hours, the many underground and overground streams began to look like a river.
Many of the Tube's usual three million daily users switched to the roads and overground trains or walked.
Floods destroyed cars in the underground and overground car parks.
The tube train nipped briefly overground and went past some trees.
New overground walkways and crossings were created in the centre of town.
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The Earth & outer space - general words
ablate
alluvium
anti-gravity
atmosphere
atmospherically
auroral
geo-
geocentric
horizon
hydrosphere
infinite
ionospheric
lithosphere
lithospheric
macrocosm
mesosphere
mesospheric
the Big Bang
underground
zero gravity

overgroundadjective, adverb (NOT SECRET)


An overground activity is not secret or illegal, or is accepted by most people:
Illicit operators are connecting with overground businesses where money can be laundered.
go overgroundOnce a scene goes overground, the people who started it often lose interest.
Here was a band taking the rave scene overground.
He is hopeful that rap music will go overground one day in his country.
The problem is that the show tries too hard to bring a camp aesthetic overground; to deliver a mainstream version of camp when by definition camp is a secret, niche sensibility.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Legal & illegal
bang to rightsidiom
bookable
bootleg
chargeable
concealed carryidiom
controverted election
criminally
illegality
improper
legitimate
legitimately
licensed
licit
licitly
non-criminal
shady
treasonable
unlawful
validity
validly

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underground
overground
noun
uk /ˈəʊ.və.ɡraʊnd/ us /ˈoʊ.vɚˌɡraʊnd/
 the overground
(alsothe Overground)
in the UK, a railway system in which trains travel above the ground:
You can connect to buses and the overground quite easily.
the London Overground
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