overboard
overboard — 副詞
1. past a vessel's edge and down into the water
落水
從船邊掉進水裡
past a vessel's edge and down into the water
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
During the storm, two boxes slid overboard from the back deck.
暴風雨中，兩個箱子從後甲板滑落海裡。
Maya leaned too far and fell overboard near the harbor wall.
Maya 身體探得太出去，在港口堤邊落水。
The crew threw a rope after the dog went overboard.
那隻狗落水後，船員丟了一條繩子過去。
pattern: go overboard in the literal sense
- fall overboard
- go overboard
- be knocked overboard
- be swept overboard
- throw somebody overboard
- over the side
closest literal phrase, especially in sea travel contexts
- into the water
broader and not limited to boats or ships
- off the boat
informal and less exact about the direction
- 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
go overboard
idiomTo do or use too much of something because you are very excited.
過度；太誇張
Maya went overboard buying decorations for the party.
Don't go overboard with the salt in the soup.
To stop using or supporting someone or something because they are no longer useful.
拋棄；丟棄
The company threw the old software overboard after the update.
Diego threw his old friends overboard when he got famous.