overboard

/ˈəʊvəbɔːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈəʊvərbɔːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈō-vər-ˌbȯrd/ (ame, mw)

overboard — 副詞

1. past a vessel's edge and down into the water

1.副詞C2
釋義

落水

從船邊掉進水裡

past a vessel's edge and down into the water

例句

Lee's hat blew overboard in the strong wind.

Lee 的帽子在強風中被吹落水。

inanimate subject + movement verb

A wave knocked one fisherman overboard before the rescue boat arrived.

救援船趕到前，一個浪把一名漁夫打落海中。

pattern: knock somebody overboard

同義詞
反義詞
  • aboard

    means on or onto the boat, not in the water

文法句型

fall/go/be knocked + overboard

throw somebody/something + overboard

用法筆記

Usually follows verbs like fall, go, knock, throw, or sweep. For the figurative idea of becoming too excited or extreme, English more often uses the idiom go overboard.

常見錯誤

❌The crowd went overboard when the band came on stage.
✅The crowd got carried away when the band came on stage.
💡This entry is the literal 'into the water' meaning; the excited meaning belongs to the idiom 'go overboard'.