“overtopple”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

overtopple

释义

overtopple, v.|-ˈtɒp(ə)l|
[over- 6, 3.]
1. trans. To cause to topple over; to overthrow (something in unstable equilibrium).
1543Becon N.Y. Gift Wks. (1843) 335 This one text..is able to subvert, overtopple, and throw down all the building.1864‘Annie Thomas’ Denis Donne III. 355 Joy o'ertoppled all his prudence.
2. intr. To topple over; to overhang as if on the point of toppling over.
1839Clough Early Poems ii. 3 And vanity o'ertoppling fell.1855Bailey Mystic 70 Higher than lark can soar, or falcon fly..Lamalmon's pass, O'ertoppling.
Hence overˈtoppling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1860T. Martin Horace 218 Black Eurus, snap each rope and oar With the o'ertoppling surge!1876C. M. Yonge Womankind xxviii. 242 The already overtoppling mass of froth of feminine silliness.

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