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/oh-ver-lahyn/US // ˈoʊ vərˌlaɪn //

叠词,叠加线,笼统的说,笼统地说

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Printing, Journalism.

    • : a cutline, usually of one line, appearing over a picture, cartoon, etc.
    • : kicker.

Examples

  • There are also a few Greek words in the Index, and a handful of letters with overline or macron, such as .

  • The overline never occurs in a partial line, as at paragraph-end.

  • Some vowels were written with an overline—here shown as a tilde—representing a following nasal (m or n).

  • Now take of the icing sugar and fill your paper funnel as if for cake icing, and overline the pencil marks you made on the stone.

  • There are also some characters with a macron or overline (straight line) above them.