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
- : to span with or like an arch: A new bridge overarches the river.
v.无主动词 verb
- 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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