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overlay

/verb oh-ver-ley; noun oh-ver-ley/US // verb ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ //

覆盖物,覆盖层,覆盖面,覆盖

Related Words

superimpose叠加,重叠,叠加法,叠合plate板块,板材,板,板子coat大衣,外套,外衣,褂子glaze釉面,釉料,釉里红,釉面处理pave铺设,铺装,摊铺,铺路spread扩散,传播,蔓延,铺开veneer饰面,饰面层,饰面材料,饰面板

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·laid, o·ver·lay·ing.

    • : to lay or place over or upon another.
    • : to cover, overspread, or surmount with something.
    • : to finish with a layer or applied decoration of something: wood richly overlaid with gold.
    • : Printing. to put an overlay upon.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something laid over something else; covering.
    • : a layer or decoration of something applied: an overlay of gold.
    • : Printing. a shaped piece of paper, or a sheet of paper reinforced at the proper places by shaped pieces, put on the tympan of a press to increase or equalize the impression.a method of preparing copy for multicolor printing, in which matter for each color is prepared on a transparent sheet that is placed over a key plate, usually the one to be printed in black.the sheet or sheets so prepared.
    • : a sheet of transparent paper placed over a photograph, a dummy, or other artwork for noting corrections, instructions, mechanical separations, etc.
    • : Computers. software or data in external storage and brought into main storage for execution by replacing or augmenting software or data already there.
    • : a transparent sheet giving special military information not ordinarily shown on maps, used by being placed over the map on which it is based.
    • : a decorative piece of leather or other material stitched on a shoe.
    • : Scot. a cravat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcover
Forms: overlaid
Synonyms
superimpose叠加,重叠,叠加法,叠合coat大衣,外套,外衣,褂子glaze釉面,釉料,釉里红,釉面处理pave铺设,铺装,摊铺,铺路plate板块,板材,板,板子spread扩散,传播,蔓延,铺开veneer饰面,饰面层,饰面材料,饰面板

Examples

  • This is being made possible by way of a new “recipe” button overlaid on related TikTok food videos.

  • The team sketched out the idea by overlaying data about human behavior onto three well-studied wildlife corridors.

  • We’ve been creating edited video segments with Robert doing voice over and overlaying animation all of which we’ve been posting to social.

  • At times, the word is used as shorthand for images with overlaid text, but the core idea is that memes travel from one person to the next, online or off.

  • A capture from BadVR’s augmented reality geospatial data environment, which allows users to visualize multiple live and historical datasets via overlays relevant to their environment.

  • The cards can also be coated with a thin corn-based plastic overlay.

  • The Queen's couturier, Angela Kell, will create Prince George's replica, which will feature cap sleeves and a cotton lace overlay.

  • Phillips mediates the darkness of the crime with an overlay of fiction.

  • You can also overlay census data showing where the population of women of reproductive age (15–44) live.

  • And the disclosure that Abedin is pregnant added an overlay of pathos to the seamy tale.

  • No matter how much overlay you pile on top of such a phobia to suppress it, it will continue to haunt you.

  • The picture on the next stone, which is to overlay the first, gives more detail.

  • This is shown in the beaten bronzes, thin plates of which were used to overlay wooden forms.

  • Wind from the small end of the pointed tin tubes called lady lock sticks, and have each layer slightly overlay the preceding one.

  • But, it may be asked, what has become of the beds that overlay the granite?

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