overboard
英 ['əʊvəbɔːd]
美['ovɚbɔrd]
- adv. 自船上落下；向船外
- adj. 极其热心的；全身心投入的
助记提示
1. over- "outer" + board "side of a ship".
2. 含义：outer of the side of a ship, over the side of a ship.
3. 也就是越过船舷向外。
4. 由此也引申出了引申义：过度、过分(超过了常规的、正常的界限，都越出船舷了，很显然就越出界限了).
2. 含义：outer of the side of a ship, over the side of a ship.
3. 也就是越过船舷向外。
4. 由此也引申出了引申义：过度、过分(超过了常规的、正常的界限，都越出船舷了，很显然就越出界限了).
英文词源
- overboard (adv.)
- "over the side of a ship," Old English ofor bord, from over + bord "side of a ship" (see board (n.2)). Figurative sense of "excessively, beyond one's means" (especially in phrase go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.
双语例句
- 1. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore.
- 他在纽约港跳下船，游上了岸。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson.
- 他的航海教练在一次训练课时从船上失足跌入水中，溺水身亡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers.
- 女性有时因过度使用磨砂膏而损伤了皮肤。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis.
- 他们在这场危机中丢弃了中立立场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Mary has gone overboard for some new Eastern religions.
- 玛丽现已迷上一种新的东方宗教.
来自《简明英汉词典》