overhead
在头顶上,头顶上,头顶上的,在头顶上的
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- : over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- : so as to be completely submerged or deeply involved: to plunge overhead in water; to sink overhead in debt.
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- : situated, operating, or passing above, aloft, or over the head: an overhead sprinkler system.
- : of or relating to the general cost of running a business: overhead expenses; an overhead charge.
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- : the general, fixed cost of running a business, as rent, lighting, and heating expenses, which cannot be charged or attributed to a specific product or part of the work operation.
- : Accounting. that part of manufacturing costs for which cost per unit produced is not readily assignable.
- : the distance between the last floor level served and the beam supporting the hoisting sheaves or machinery.
- : a stroke in which the ball or shuttlecock is hit with a downward motion from above the head; smash.
- : an overhead compartment, shelf, etc.: Pillows are in the overhead above each passenger's seat.
- : Also called overhead shot .Movies, Television. a shot in which the camera is positioned above the actors, especially directly overhead.
- : a ceiling light in a room: Turn off the overheads when you leave.
- : Also called overhead projector. a projector capable of projecting images above and behind the person operating it, thus allowing a lecturer or speaker to remain facing the audience while using it.
- : Also called overhead projection. a picture or image projected in this manner: a lecture enhanced with overheads.
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Whether you’re a late-night reader or prefer to illuminate your room without any overhead bulbs, a lamp can provide a function and be a creature comfort.
For example, new software could give astronomers a heads up for when and where satellites are expected to pass overhead.
We also dispatch personnel to substations to assess and repair any issues that arise during the day, and utilize overhead and underground crews to assess and repair any issues.
Astronomers would peer through an eyepiece to guide the telescope by hand, keeping up with the stars as they spun by overhead.
The company said it increased marketing investment by 270 basis points — or around $480 million — though this increase was partially offset by 230 basis points of overhead and marketing expense savings.
Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.
But they have high fixed costs—overhead, maintenance, staff, and power.
A Molotov cocktail tumbled in an arc overhead and erupted briefly in a blaze.
U.S. warplanes roaring overhead unleashed missiles and precision-guided bombs, but they could do nothing to solve this problem.
Bulbs strung among branches in the overhead wild hibiscus tree form a radiant canopy.
Out of the darkening sky rang the twanging call of a night-hawk, and the cluck of a dozing hen sounded from the foliage overhead.
The gigantic pylon, its shoulders breaking the sky four-square far overhead, seemed the prodigious portal of another world.
The long dry fingers of the palm trees rattled overhead, and looking up, he saw the divine light of the starry heavens.
Coming to a gate of red stone, Yung Pak asked the meaning of the carved arrow in the arch overhead.
And the lead wire from the aerials, well grounded, was brought directly in from overhead and connected with the radio set.