英文字典中文字典Word104.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a.
From {Overshoot}, v. t.
[1913 Webster]

{Overshot wheel}, a vertical water wheel, the circumference
of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is
turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling
the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its
weight.
[1913 Webster]


Overshot \O"ver*shot`\, a. (Zool.)
Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said
of the jaws of some dogs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Overshooting}.]
1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark;
to overshoot the green in golf. "Not to overshoot his
game." --South.
[1913 Webster]

2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to
overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot
the endpoint in a titration.
[PJC]

2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
[1913 Webster]

3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]

{To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too
much.
[1913 Webster]

請選擇你想看的字典辭典：

單詞	字典	翻譯
Overshot	查看　Overshot　在Google字典中的解釋	Google英翻中〔查看〕
Overshot	查看　Overshot　在Yahoo字典中的解釋	Yahoo英翻中〔查看〕