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An overlay is something you put on top of another thing, usually a thin layer, so both layers can be seen or used together. As a verb, to overlay something means to lay one thing over another. You hear this word a lot with computers and maps — for example, a map overlay shows extra information on top of a normal map.
覆蓋層；疊加（在原本的東西上面再加一層）
原始詞典資料15 筆記錄
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overlayverb詞源 1/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/
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To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose
- She will now overlay the crust with fruit.
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To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it
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archaicTo lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
- And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.
- a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire
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mediaprintingpublishingTo put an overlay on.
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gamblinggamesTo bet too much money on.
- […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.
overlaynoun詞源 1/ˈəʊ.vəˌleɪ/
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artshobbieslifestyleAn image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
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mediaprintingpublishingA piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
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gamblinggamesOdds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
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hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingA horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
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A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- The keyboard overlay can be a memory jogger and a great help with spelling. In this way the keyboard makes word processing more accessible to younger as well as special needs children.
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computingengineeringmathematicsA block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- This concept can be extended further by allowing a primary overlay to call a secondary overlay, and so on. However, we will limit ourselves here to the use of primary overlays. Before proceeding further, you need to understand the memory map of the computer, which is a diagram showing the use to which the memory of the computer is put.
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A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
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A cravat.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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A covering over something else.
- The first, on January 1, 1883, was attributed to the overlay becoming surcharged with water, due to insufficient drainage, and causing a slip.
- I really appreciate the clear explication of Dworkin's understanding of male sexuality. In this we see, without the overlay of polemic that infuses her non-fiction, how Dworkin can proceed from basic feminist principles to create an almost seamless, sophistic argument for sexism.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。