| 词汇 | overtop |
| 释义 | overtop verb uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈtɒp/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈtɑːp/ [ T ] (of water) to rise to such a high level that it goes over the top or edges of something: 高出，比…高 Floodwaters overtopped the levees that year. 那年洪水淹没了堤坝。 [ I ] (of a river, lake, etc.) to have so much water that the water goes over the top or edges of it : （河流、湖泊等因涨水而）漫过堤岸 There are fears that the river will overtop.人们担心河流会决堤。 Floods, tides & currents atmospheric river deluge eddy flash flood flood floodplain gyre high tide high water mark inundation longshore drift low tide overwhelm tidal tidally tide table turbulence turbulent waterline whelm Examples of overtopovertop Shaded crowns were overtopped by taller neighbours so that the entire crown was shaded when the sun was directly overhead. At the same time, branches are overtopped by others resulting in reduced light and evaporative demand. They were healthy individuals, not sprouts, and were not overtopped by plants with heights similar to the sample plant. We have been talking about cut-off dates, overtopping and frozen entitlements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A length of 200 yards of earthen embankment about one mile upstream of the city was also overtopped by a few inches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day, there is one barrier which overtops all others, and that is the fear of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Worthing has a long, exposed shingle beach, but cannot obtain grant aid for the provision of splash walls to prevent flooding from overtopping waves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that in all these cases there was a small tax but a large principle, and he said later that there was some principle which overtopped the tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Areas that are defended are passive until such time as the defences are overtopped or breached and are not regarded as part of the functional flood plain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My officials will be studying in consultation with the authorities concerned whether any changes need to be made in those areas where the defences were breached or overtopped. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of these unpre- cedented conditions, sea defences over a great length of coastline were overtopped and breached in many places and the sea has penetrated far inland. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not get any standard rate tax back by invoking that because the amount he has to surrender overtops the tax which he will recover. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About six months ago there was another high tide which overtopped the levels of the old defence but did not reach the level of the new one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be adequate flood defences, buildings must be designed to resist flooding should defences be overtopped and there must be suitable warning and evacuation procedures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many seedlings and sprouts may emerge, but most of these are eventually overtopped by faster growing species. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of overtop These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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