Overhang

(noun.) projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else.

(verb.) be suspended over or hang over; 'This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town'.

(verb.) project over.

卡莱尔编辑

• We passed the bridge of Pelissier, where the ravine, which the river forms, opened before us, and we began to ascend the mountain that overhangs it. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• And from the safety of his overhanging limb the ape-child sent back the fearsome answer of his kind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Similarly, the soil is formed from the overhanging mountains; it is washed as sediment into the sea; it is elevated, after consolidation, into the overhanging mountains. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• A few minutes later our driver pulled up at a neat little red-brick villa with overhanging eaves which stood by the road. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Even in that direction, owing to the overhanging blades of corn, the view was not extensive. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• You see those overhanging rocks up there? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• They all three hurried to the vacated public room, and passed by one of the windows into the wooden verandah overhanging the river. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The heather and peat stratum overhung the brow of the pit in mats, hiding the actual verge. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The sword overhung the emperor and spurred him to incessant activity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• These were the flat cloth plate, vertical post, overhung arm, vertically reciprocating needle, and continuous thread. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• A fierce bull-dog face was framed in a tangle of hair and beard, and two bold, dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted, overhung eyebrows. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It was a gaunt, aquiline face which was turned towards us, with piercing dark eyes, which lurked in deep hollows under overhung and tufted brows. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

校对:维多利亚