overhear
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌəʊvəˈhɪə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈhɪr]
- 国际音标 [,əuvə'hiə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 无意中听到；偷听
- vi. 无意中听到；偷听到
词根记忆
- over(额外的) + hear(听)→无意中听到
- over(经过) + hear(听说)→经过时听到→从旁听到
同根派生
用法辨析
- overhear的基本意思是“偶然听到”,指无意间从别人的谈话中得知了某件事情或听到了某人在谈话,有时也可以指“故意偷听”。
- overhear多用于及物动词,后可接名词、代词或由疑问词引导的从句作宾语,还可接由不带to的动词不定式或现在分词充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
- overhear的过去式、过去分词均为overheard。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- I overheard some cruel remarks about my husband.
我无意中听到一些议论我丈夫的粗鲁话。 - They spoke so low that I could not overhear what they said.
他们说话声音太小,使我无法听到他们说的话。 - I overheard him leave for Beijing.
我偶然听说他要到北京去。 - I overheard them talking.
我无意中听到了他们的谈话。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+wh-clause
用作宾补动词: S+～+ n./pron. +to/ -v
S+～+ n./pron. + v -ing
词组短语
- overhear conversation 听清谈话
- overhear cruel remark 听到粗话
- overhear accidentally 偶然听见
- overhear carefully 仔细地听
- overhear coincidentally 恰好听见
- overhear fatally 命中注定听见
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
～+副词
英英字典
- to hear what other people are saying without intending to and without their knowledge
- If you overhear someone, you hear what they are saying when they are not talking to you and they do not know that you are listening.