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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

overarch

/oh-ver-ahrch/US // ˌoʊ vərˈɑrtʃ //UK // (ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ) //

架构,凌空,覆盖率,覆盖面

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to form an arch over something: a cerulean sky overarching in the early twilight.

Examples

  • The scene from which he looked down,—was it the mere upper chamber of Juda, or did it overarch the human world?

  • What matters it that the tree planted to-day shall never overarch and protect you from the smiting sun?

  • How abstract would be anything common to all times and places, how terrible a mocking truth that should overarch them for ever!

  • "To thee—and to thy seed:" these words span the gulf of two thousand years, and overarch the Mosaic dispensation.

  • Wonderful, too, are the Palms that overarch the driveway, and beautiful the gardens and panorama beyond.

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