overlay是什么意思（overlay的用法）

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一、overlay是什么意思

1、overlay 覆盖

2、over-,在上，lay,放置。引申词义覆盖。

二、overlay的用法

1、overlay (v.)

2、"to cover the surface of (something)," c. 1300, in part from Old English oferlecgan "to place over," also "to overburden," and in part from over- + lay (v.). There also was an overlie in Middle English, but it merged into this word. Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages, such as Gothic ufarlagjan. Related: Overlaid; overlaying.

3、overlay (n.)

4、in the printing sense, 1824, from overlay (v.). Meaning "transparent sheet over a map, chart, etc." is from 1938. In earliest noun use it meant "a necktie" (1725).

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