overlie

英 [ˌəʊvəˈlaɪ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈlaɪ]

v.  叠加于; 置于…上面

现在分词：overlying　过去式：overlay　第三人称单数：overlies　过去分词：overlain　

IELTS

BNC.34794 / COCA.32970

牛津词典

verb

• 叠加于；置于…上面
  to lie over sth
  1. overlying rock
     压在上面的岩石

英英释义

verb

• kill by lying on
  1. The sow overlay her piglets
  Synonym:overlay
• lie upon
  1. the granite overlies the older rocks

双语例句

• Since the Late Permian, studied region was in a stable sedimentary setting, forming molasses with large thickness that overlie the olistostrome, and then evolved gradually into a Triassic pene-planed environment that is characterized by uplifting-erosion of ranges and accumulation of basins.
  从晚二迭叠世开始，全区处于相对稳定的剥蚀-堆积环境中，形成了厚度较大的磨拉石，并逐渐演化为三叠纪的准平原化环境。