overhead

Word family  noun head heading overhead header headship adjective overhead heady headless headed verb head behead adverb overhead

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·head1 /ˌəʊvəˈhed◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●●○ adverb  ABOVEabove your head or in the sky 在头顶上方；在空中 Bullets whizzed overhead. 子弹嗖嗖地掠过头顶。 A plane flew overhead. 一架飞机从头顶飞过。 —overhead adjective overhead wires 高架电线

Examples from the Corpus

overhead• A flock of birds passed overhead.• Helicopter gunships hovered overhead.• Suddenly, they heard the rumble of thunder overhead.• Guns still rumbled in the distance, a plane droned overhead.• The thatched pyramid roofs reached almost to the ground and rose to points twenty feet overhead.• A star signaled overhead and he saw it.• The top floor directly overhead had been abandoned for years.• From the two cross-beams overhead, hung chains, adjustable in length, to which the ropes would be attached.• They can even be frightened by wild birds flying overhead, which they mistakenly think are predators.

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o·ver·head2 /ˈəʊvəhed $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun  1  [uncountable] American English, overheads British English [plural]BB money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and other things that are needed to keep a business operating 〔企业的〕经常性支出，运营费用〔如租金、保险费、电费等〕 Their offices are in London so the overheads are very high. 他们的办事处在伦敦，所以经常性开支非常大。2. TC[countable] a piece of transparent material used with an overhead projector to show words, pictures etc 〔使用高射投影仪时用以显示文字、图片等的〕透明胶片

Examples from the Corpus

overhead• There are overheads when defining and manipulating hierarchies, and this is particularly apparent when comparisons are made with the relational approach.• Working out of my home had significantly lowered my overhead.• They will cut office overheads by startling amounts and be the new cost leaders.From Longman Business Dictionaryoverheado‧ver‧head /ˈəʊvəhedˈoʊvər-/ noun [countable, uncountable]ACCOUNTING a company’s general costs for activities not related to particular productsSuch costs count as an overhead of the business, and VAT on them is deductible.Because overhead costs won’t increase, profit margins at the hospital should expand.It spends about 17 cents to sell $1 of its goods, among the highest overheads in the tire industry.Firms have centralized buying to reduce both cost of goods and administrative overheads. → direct overhead

o·ver·head1 adverbo·ver·head2 nounChineseSyllable  

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overhead

I

o‧ver‧head¹ /ˌəʊvəˈhed◂ $ ˌoʊvər-/ adverbabove your head or in the sky:
    Bullets whizzed overhead.
    A plane flew overhead.
—overhead adjective:
    overhead wires

II

o‧ver‧head² /ˈəʊvəhed $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun1. [uncountable] American English, overheads British English [plural] money spent regularly on rent, insurance, electricity, and other things that are needed to keep a business operating:
    Their offices are in London so the overheads are very high.
2. [countable] a piece of transparent material used with an overhead projector to show words, pictures etc