overlap
                    
      英 [ˌəʊ.vəˈlæp]                            
                        美 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈlæp]                    
                    
                        
- n. 重叠;重复
 
- vi. 部分重叠;部分的同时发生
 
- vt. 与…重叠;与…同时发生
 
                     
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                1. over- "above, 在…上面, 覆于…之上" + lap "部分重叠,互搭,搭接".
2. lap sth over the other, lap over each other "部分重叠,互搭,搭接". => overlap.            
                        
            
                overlap 重叠over-,在上,lap,折叠。引申词义重叠。
             
                        
            
                
- overlap
 
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overlap: see lap
 
- overlap (v.)
 
- "to partially extend over," 1726, over- + lap (v.). Related: Overlapped; overlapping.
 
- overlap (n.)
 
- 1813, from overlap (v.).
 
                  
                        
            
                
- 1. The upper layer of felt should overlap the lower. 
  - 毛毡的上层应与下层重叠。
   
- 2. Social structures are not discrete objects; they overlap and interweave. 
  - 社会结构之间不是离散的,他们相互重叠交织。
   
- 3. The needs of patients invariably overlap. 
  - 病人的需求总有一些是一致的。
   
- 4. Use vinyl seam adhesive where vinyls overlap. 
  - 塑料布相叠处用塑料封口胶粘起来。
   
- 5. A fish's scales overlap each other. 
  - 鱼鳞一片片上下交叠。