overhead

英 [ˌəʊvəˈhed , ˈəʊvəhed]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈhed , ˈoʊvərhed]

adv.  在头上方; 在空中
adj.  头上方的; 地面以上的; 高架的; 经费的; 管理费用的
n.  经常费用; 经常开支; 用于高射投影器的幻灯片; （尤指飞机的）顶舱

复数：overheads　

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牛津词典

adv.

• 在头上方；在空中
  above your head; in the sky
  1. Planes flew overhead constantly.
     飞机不断从头顶上飞过。
  2. Thunder boomed in the sky overhead.
     雷声在天空中隆隆作响。

adj.

• 头上方的；地面以上的；高架的
  above your head; raised above the ground
  1. overhead power lines
     高架输电线
• 经费的；管理费用的
  connected with the general costs of running a business or an organization, for example paying for rent or electricity
  1. overhead costs
     营运开支

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /'əʊvəhed/. The adverb is pronounced /ˌəʊvə'hed/. 形容词读作 /'əʊvəhed/。副词读作 /ˌəʊvə'hed/。


• ADJ 在头顶上的；在上面的；高架的
  You useoverheadto indicate that something is above you or above the place that you are talking about.
  1. She turned on the overhead light and looked around the little room.
     她打开头顶上方的灯，环视了一圈这个小房间。
  2. ...people who live under or near overhead cables.
     住在高架电缆下或其附近的人
  3. Overheadis also an adverb.
     
  4. ...planes passing overhead...
     从头顶上空飞过的飞机
  5. Now there were only the stars overhead.
     现在抬头只能看见星星。

英英释义

noun

• a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
  Synonym:smash
• (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
• a transparency for use with an overhead projector
  Synonym:viewgraph
• (computer science) the disk space required for information that is not data but is used for location and timing
  Synonym:disk overhead
• the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance)
  Synonym:operating expenseoperating costbudget items
• (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
  Synonym:command processing overhead timecommand processing overheadcommand overhead

adj

• located or originating from above
  1. an overhead crossing

adv

• above the head
  1. bring the legs together overhead
• above your head
  1. planes were flying overhead

双语例句

• A number of birds are circling overhead.
  很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。
• Please turn on the overhead light.
  请打开吊灯。
• A flock of crows wheeled overhead.
  一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。
• He disconnected the IV bottle from the overhead hook.
  他把静脉滴注瓶从头顶的钩子上拿下来。
• The air reeked of kerosene and huge aircraft rumbled overhead.
  空气中散发着煤油味，巨型飞机在头顶隆隆地响着。
• Peter had built the overhead ladders, and the next day he fitted them to the wall
  彼得已经搭好了攀爬横梯，第二天便把它们安在了墙上。
• She turned on the overhead light and looked around the little room.
  她打开头顶上方的灯，环视了一圈这个小房间。
• Pines and cypresses tower overhead, blotting out the sunlight.
  松柏参天，浓荫蔽日。
• The plane was immediately overhead.
  飞机在我们上方。
• The airplane is circling overhead.
  飞机在上空回旋。