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Overlapping 英 əʊvə'Læpɪŋ] 美 Oʊvə'Læpɪŋ Adj.相互重叠的 动词overlap的现在分词 Armor Consisting

英语单词 overlapping
英美音标 英 [əʊvə'læpɪŋ] 美 [oʊvə'læpɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.相互重叠的
动词overlap的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) Armor consisting of overlapping plates used to protect the buttocks.
(2) Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
(3) Having the edges overlapping in a regular arrangement, as roof tiles or the scales of a fish.
中文例句 (1) 护臀甲由相互交迭的甲片构成的铠甲,用来保护臀部
(2) 重叠的,交叉的某些昆虫休息时其翅膀重迭的或交叉的
(3) 鳞状叠覆的具有规则安排的叠盖边缘的,如瓦片或鱼鳞
vocabulary简明 If you have two pieces of something, and one is covering a part of another, then they're overlapping.
vocabulary扩展 Remember learning about Venn Diagrams in math class? You know, the two circles drawn overlapping each other, so that there's a space in the middle that they share. No? Well for you non-mathletes, overlapping can be just as simple. Two cookies stacked partially on top of each other are overlapping. And two lives that intersect at a certain point in time? They're overlapping, too.

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