学个词Learn a Word 第978期 Overlap

今天我们要学的词是overlap¹。 Overlap, 有重叠的意思。 "The two local newspapers overlap each other's area," 这两份地方报纸的发行地区存在重叠。美国联合航空公司和大陆航空公司准备合二为一。目前， "The two airline companies overlap on 13 non-stop routes," 这两家航空公司在13条直飞航线都存在航班的重叠。

今天春假，佛罗里达州奥兰多的迪斯尼乐园人山人海，其中主要原因是， "The Easter holiday overlapped² spring break this year," 今天的复活节假期和学校春假恰好赶在了一起。好的，今天我们学习的词是overlap...

 

1 overlap   

v.重叠，与…交叠；n.重叠

参考例句：

• The overlap between the jacket and the trousers is not good.夹克和裤子重叠的部分不好看。
• Tiles overlap each other.屋瓦相互叠盖。

2 overlapped   

_adj.重叠的v.部分重叠( overlap的过去式和过去分词 )；（物体）部份重叠；交叠；（时间上）部份重叠

参考例句：

• His visit and mine overlapped. 他的访问期与我的访问期有几天重叠。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Our visits to the town overlapped. 我们彼此都恰巧到那小城观光。 来自辞典例句